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Question 242659: At the Sweet Shop, one can buy 8 Pips for a dive, 4 Quips for a quarter, and 13
Rips for a nickel. How many Rips can be purchased for the same cost as what
one would pay for a total of 40 Pips and 40 Quips?

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At the Sweet Shop, one can buy 8 Pips for a dime, 4 Quips for a quarter, and 13
Rips for a nickel. How many Rips can be purchased for the same cost as what
one would pay for a total of 40 Pips and 40 Quips?
:
Cost for a single item
p = 10%2F8 = 5%2F4
q = 25%2F4
r = 5%2F13
:
Let r = no. of rips
:
5%2F13r = 40*5%2F4 + 40*25%2F4
:
Cancel the 4's
5%2F13r = 10(5) + 10(25)
5%2F13r = 50 + 250
5r = 13(300)
5r = 3900
r = 3900%2F5
r = 780 rips