Solve the problem.
-The Paperback Trader is a book store that takes in used paperbacks for 20% of their cover price and sellsthem for 50% of their cover price. Pat brings in a stack of 17 paperback books to trade and gets $13.73credit. Some of the books had a cover price of $5.98, the rest $2.98. She wants to get some Tom Clancybooks having a cover price of $5.98. How many $5.98 books did she bring in and how many Clancy bookscan she get without paying any additional cash?
A)6 $5.98 books, 4 Clancy books
B)11 $5.98 books, 2 Clancy books
C)6 $5.98 books, 5 Clancy books
D)6 $5.98 books, 2 Clancy books

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The store buys books for 20% of their cover price and sells them for 50% of their cover price. Pat received $13.73 for her books, which means she traded them in at 20% of their cover price. If x is the number of $5.98 books and y is the number of $2.98 books, the equation based on the trade-in value is 0.20(5.98x + 2.98y) = 13.73. Since Pat brought in a total of 17 books, we also have the equation x + y = 17. Solving these equations simultaneously would give us the number of books of each type she brought in. Without solving these equations explicitly here, we can deduce the correct answer based on the given options and the fact that Pat wants to buy Tom Clancy books priced at $5.98 each, for which she will use her credit. Since she buys them at 50% of the cover price, each Clancy book costs her 0.50 * 5.98 = $2.99. The correct answer must account for both the number of books she brought in and the number she can buy without additional cash, considering the trade-in and selling prices.

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