Sasha buys 10 cards for manicures and pedicures. She spends 25$ for manicures, and 50$ for pedicures. She spends 300$ . how many of each card did she buy

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Before I answer your math question, I need to point out a couple of things about your question: the usual form for the $ sign is that the $ precedes the number, e.g. $25; the comma before the and is not necessary; and a question begins with a capital letter and ends with a ?.  You no doubt expect my answer to be precise; likewise, I expect your question to be precise.

 

Let M = # of manicures and P = # of pedicures

 

M + P = 10

25M + 50P = 300 => M + 2P = 12

 

Subtract the first equation from the second: P = 2

then substitute in the first equation: M= 8