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document.write( "A girl buys three apples and seven oranges for $4.56 .If an orange costs $0.28 more than an apple, how much does each fruit cost? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "A girl buys three apples and seven oranges for $4.56 .If an orange costs $0.28 more than an apple, how much does each fruit cost?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A = price of apples<BR>\n" );
document.write( "R = price of oranges (O might look like a zero)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3A + 7R = 456<BR>\n" );
document.write( "R = A + 28<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Substitute for R in eqn 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3A + 7*(A+28) = 456<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3A + 7A + 196 = 456<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10A = 260<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A = 26 cents<BR>\n" );
document.write( "R = 26 + 28<BR>\n" );
document.write( "R = 54 cents\r<BR>\n" );
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