document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=23767>Question 23767</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> My daugher and her friend are having a challenge solving the followin:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Johnstown High School is selling candy to raise money.  M&M's sell for $1.50 per box and Reese's sell for $2 per box.  Sheri sold a total of 50 boxes of candy.  She collected $95.  <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let x represent the number of boxes of M&M's <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let y represent the number of boxes of Reese's\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve the system to determine how many of each type of candy did she sell? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "y=50-x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1.50x+2.00y=95 (subsitute the known value)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1.50x+2(50-x)=95<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1.50x+100-2x=95<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-0.5x=-5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Hence, she sold 10 boxes of M&Ms and 40 boxes of Reese. <BR>\n" );
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