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As a trained medical doctor and a novelist, playwright, and essayist by vocation, Afro-Colombian Manuel Zapata Olivella abandoned the practice of medicine to pursue his
literary career.
At a certain used-book store, the cost of each paperback book is x dollars and the cost of each hardcover book is y dollars. What is the cost of a hardcover book at the store?
(1)
At the store, the cost of 3 paperback books and 5 hardcover books is $12.25.
(2)
At the store, the cost of 9 paperback books and 15 hardcover books is $36.75.

A city's chamber of commerce has the following goal for small businesses: revenue should be at least 20% greater than costs. The Venn diagram indicates that x is the number of small businesses that both in Year 1 and in Year 2 met the goal. The diagram also indicates that 53 - x is the number of small businesses that met the goal in Year 1 but not in Year 2, and that 47 - x is the number of small businesses that met the goal in Year 2 but not in Year 1.
