document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=175241>Question 175241</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> *If 7,182 roses were killed in last nights frost, and this was 2<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=5%2F8 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"5%2F8\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > as many as the night before, how many roses were killed the night before?*\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I'm not sure how to do this problem. If its possible could you please show your work?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #130324 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><B>jim_thompson5910(35256)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=130324\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> First, convert <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2%265%2F8 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2%265%2F8\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > to an improper fraction.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Step 1: Take the denominator 8 and multiply it by the whole number 2 to get <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=8%2A2=16 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"8%2A2=16\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Step 2: Now add the result 16 to the numerator 5 to get <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=16%2B5=21 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"16%2B5=21\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >. This result is the new numerator. The denominator stays the same.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So the mixed fraction <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2%265%2F8 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2%265%2F8\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > converts to the improper fraction <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=21%2F8 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"21%2F8\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >. In other words, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2%265%2F8=21%2F8 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2%265%2F8=21%2F8\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >. If converting fractions doesn't make sense, I'd suggest studying it more (also feel free to ask me further).\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now let x=# of roses killed the night before\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since \"this was <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2%265%2F8 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2%265%2F8\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > as many as the night before\" (which also means \"this was <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=21%2F8 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"21%2F8\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > as many as the night before\"), we can say\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=7182=%2821%2F8%29x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"7182=%2821%2F8%29x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What's going on here is that we're taking the # of roses from the night before (which is x) and multiplying it by <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=21%2F8 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"21%2F8\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > (which is also <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2%265%2F8 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2%265%2F8\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >) to get 7182\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=7182%2A8=21x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"7182%2A8=21x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Multiply both sides by 8\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=57456=21x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"57456=21x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Multiply\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=57456%2F21=x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"57456%2F21=x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Divide both sides by 21 to isolate \"x\"\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2736=x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2736=x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Divide\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So the answer is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x=2736 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x=2736\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > which means that 2,736 roses were killed the night before<BR>\n" );
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