SOLUTION: Two girls decided to buy a computer. The second girl had 5//6 of the money the first had. The first girl had 7/8 of the price of the computer. Together they had $696.00 more tha
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Question 1026515: Two girls decided to buy a computer. The second girl had 5//6 of the money the first had. The first girl had 7/8 of the price of the computer. Together they had $696.00 more than they need to pay. What was the price for the computer?
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let 
represent the price of the computer. Then the first girl has 
dollars and the second girl has 
dollars. Together they have 
dollars, so:
Solve for
John
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