document.write( "Question 174365: You have exactly $537 to spend on party gifts for your rich uncle’s birthday party. You decide to get watches for the ladies (at $27.98 each), and beepers for the men (at $23.46 each). You know that the number of watches required will be 3 times as much as the number of beepers. How many of each item do you buy? \n" ); document.write( "
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let w and b be the number of watches and beepers respectively
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\n" ); document.write( "27.98w+23.46b=537..eq 1
\n" ); document.write( "w=3b...............eq 2
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\n" ); document.write( "take w's value in eq 2 and plug it into eq 1
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\n" ); document.write( "27.98(3b)+23.46b=537
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\n" ); document.write( "83.94b+23.46b=537
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\n" ); document.write( "107.40b=537
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\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight%28w=3b=3%285%29=15%29\"watches
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