A man ordered 3 times as many boxes of ballpoint pens as boxes of felt-tip pens. Ballpoint pens cost $4.41 per box, and felt-tip pens cost $3.42. If the man's order of pens totaled $83.25, how many boxes of each type of pen did he buy?
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Let \( x \) be the number of boxes of felt-tip pens. Since the man ordered 3 times as many boxes of ballpoint pens, the number of boxes of ballpoint pens is \( 3x \). Show more…
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