document.write( "Question 161109: Elliot paid $1.50 a dozen for some flowers. he sold all but 5 dozen of them for $2 a dozen, making a profit of $18. how many dozen flowers did he buy? \n" ); document.write( "

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Let X be the number of dozen he bought.
\n" ); document.write( "Then (X-5) is the number of dozen he sold.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"Profit+=+Sales+-+Cost\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"18+=+2%28X-5%29+-+1.5%28X%29+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"18+=+2X+-+10+-+1.5X\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"28+=+0.5X\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"56+=+X+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "He bought 56 dozen and sold 51 of them.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "That's a lot of flowers and not a lot of profit :(\r
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