Mary and her brother john collect foreign coins. mary has three times the number of coins that john has. together they have 140 foreign coins.

Boris needs to buy plastic spoons. brand a has a box 42 spoons for $2.37. brand b has a box of 72 spoons for $3.57. find the unit price for each brand. then state which brand is the better buy based on the unit price. round your answer to the nearest cent.

The bottom of ignacio's desktop is 74.5cm from the floor. ignacios sits in his adjustable chair, and the tops of his legs are 49.3cm from the floor. each clockwise rotation of the knob on the chair raises ignacio's legs by 4.8cm. write an inequality to determine the number of clockwise rotations, r, ignacio could make with the knob without his legs touching the desk.

Will mark 50 show all what is the solution to the system of equations? use the substitution method and show your work. -5x+y= -3 -15 x+3y=7 explain what your answer in part (a) tells you about the association of the lines in this system.