Buying Protein Bars and Magazines

Tom wants to buy some protein bars and magazines for a trip. He has decided to buy three times as many protein bars as magazines. Each protein bar costs $0.70 and each magazine costs $2.50. The sales tax rate on both types of items is 6½%. How many of each item can he buy if he has $20.00 to spend?
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Subject(s): Mathematics
Grade Level(s): 7
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Resource Collection: Illustrative Mathematics

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