Jake made a total of 7 copies at a copy shop, with some being black-and-white copies and some being color copies. black-and-white copies cost 8 cents, and color copies cost 15 cents. if jake spent a total of 70 cents on copies, which system of equations can be used to determine the number of black-and-white copies and the number of color copies he made? assume b is the number of black-and-white copies and c is the number of color copies.

Jake spent a total of 70 cents.
b = black-and-white = 8 cents
c = color = 15 cents

70 = 8b + 15c

he made a total of 7 copies
b + c = 7

system of equation:
70 = 8b + 15c
b + c = 7



b + c = 7
b + c (-c) = 7 (-c)
b = 7 - c

plug in 7 - c for b

70 = 8(7 - c) + 15c
Distribute the 8 to both 7 and - c (distributive property)

70 = 56 - 8c + 15c
Simplify like terms

70 = 56 - 8c + 15c
70 = 56 + 7c

Isolate the c, do the opposite of PEMDAS: Subtract 56 from both sides

70 (-56) = 56 (-56) + 7c
14 = 7c

divide 7 from both sides to isolate the c

14 = 7c
14/7 = 7c/7
 c = 14/7
 c = 2

c = 2


Now that you know what c equals (c = 2), plug in 2 for c in one of the equations.
b + c = 7
c = 2
b + (2) = 7
Find b by isolating it. subtract 2 from both sides
b + 2 = 7
b + 2 (-2) = 7 (-2)
b = 7 - 2
b = 5

Jake made 5 black-and-white copies, and 2 color copies

hope this helps

Ithink it's b sorry if i'm wrong