Carmena and Alicia go to the supply store to purchase packs of pens and paper. Carmen bought 5 packs of paper and 3 packs
of pens for $36.60. Alicia bought 6 packd of paper and 6
packs of pens for $53.40. What is the price of one pack of
paper and one pack of pens?

Mrs. avila is buying a wallpaper border to go on all of her kitchen walls. she wants to buy 5 extra feet of wallpaper border than she needs to be sure she has enough. she buys 55.5 feet of the border. the store owner selling the border uses the width of mrs. avila's kitchen to determine that the length of her kitchen must be 14.5 feet.