SOLUTION: Gordon figured that when he saved $21 more, he would have one-fourth of the money for the camera he wanted. How much does the camera cost if he had already saved one-sixth of the a

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Question 5308: Gordon figured that when he saved $21 more, he would have one-fourth of the money for the camera he wanted. How much does the camera cost if he had already saved one-sixth of the amount?
Answer by ichudov(499) (Show Source):
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This problem is a problem of translating English into Algebrese.
Gordon figured that when he saved $21 more: saved+21
one-fourth of the money for the camera he wanted: camera_cost/4
he had already saved one-sixth of the amount: saved = camera_cost/6
You have two equations:

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(saved=42, camera_cost=252}