document.write( "Question 160942: the price of one brand of shoe is $5 more than another brand. if the prices of two pairs of shoes add to $230,how much does each pair cost? \n" ); document.write( "
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Call the price of the shoes A and B respectively.
\n" ); document.write( "1.\"B=A%2B5\"
\n" ); document.write( "2.\"A%2BB=230\"
\n" ); document.write( "Use eq. 1 in eq. 2 and solve for A.
\n" ); document.write( "2.\"A%2BB=230\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"A%2B%28A%2B5%29=230\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"2A%2B5=230\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"2A=225\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"A=112.5\"
\n" ); document.write( "From eq.1,
\n" ); document.write( "\"B=A%2B5\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"B=112.5%2B5=117.5\"
\n" ); document.write( "Pair A cost $112.50 and pair B costs $117.50.
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