document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=145553>Question 145553</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> For every shirt a tailor makes for a shop, he earns $40. On the other hand, for every shirt that he damages, he will have to pay the shop $15. Last week, for every 30 shirts he made, he damaged 5 shirts. He earned $64.75 from the shirts he made.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(a) How many good shirts were made last week?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(b) How much less money did he earn because of the damage shirt? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The last statement does not make any sense. His earned amt has to be a lot more and a multiple of $5<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Anyway here is how I would do it.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x = shirts made<BR>\n" );
document.write( "let y = shirts damaged<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "\"Every 30 shirts he made, he damaged 5 shirts.\" an equation for this:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%2Fy ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%2Fy\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=30%2F5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"30%2F5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Cross multiply <BR>\n" );
document.write( "5x = 30y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=30y%2F5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"30y%2F5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 6y<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "40x - 15y = ??<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Substitute 6y for x, find y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "40(6y) - 15y = ??<BR>\n" );
document.write( "240y - 15y = ??<BR>\n" );
document.write( "225y = ??\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(a) How many good shirts were made last week?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(b) How much less money did he earn because of the damage shirt? </SPAN>\n" );
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