Jee Yi spent of her money on 5 magnets and 11 postcards. The cost of each magnet is 3 times the cost of each postcard. She bought some more magnets with of her remaining money. How many magnets did Jee Yi buy altogether?
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l e t x = total money , m = m a g n e t a n d p = post card
3 1 x = 5 m + 1 1 p ( 1 )
m = 3 p ( 2 )
Substitute ( 2 ) in ( 1 ) ⟹ x = 2 6 m
Then she bought some magnets with 4 3 of the remaining money. The remaining money is x − 3 1 x = 3 2 x . Then, 4 3 of the remaining money is 4 3 ( 3 2 x ) = 0 . 5 x .
Then we have
( 0 . 5 x ) ( x 2 6 m ) = 1 3 m
total magnets = 1 3 m + 5 m = 1 8 m