Jerome bought 15 videos from a department store. Some videos were new releases, x, which cost $19, and some videos were classics, y, which cost $8. He spent a total of $164 on the videos. Which system of equations is set up correctly to model this information?

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x + y = 15. 19 x + 8 y = 164.

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Jerome bought 15 videos from a department store. Some videos were new releases, x, which cost $19, and some videos were classics, y, which cost $8. He spent a total of $164 on the videos. Which system of equations is set up correctly to model this information?

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