document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=178201>Question 178201</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Chocolate chip cookies are sold fo $6.95 per pound and white chocolate cookies for $5.95 per poud.  How many pounds of chocolate chip cookies should be mixed with 4 pounds of white chocolate cookies to obtain a mixture that sells for $6.75 per pound?   </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "First thing to do is change the dollars and cents to cents, eliminating the decimal fractions in your variable coefficients.  It doesn't really matter in the end, it is simply neater and you are less prone to arithmetic error.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\large x\"> equal the required number of pounds of chocolate chip cookies.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The value of the chocolate chip cookies in the mix will then be <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\large 695x \text { cents}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The value of the white chocolate cookies in the mix will be <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\large 595(4) = 2380 \text { cents}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The value of the mix has to be <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\large 675(4 + x) =  \text { cents}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "But the value of the mix also has to be the sum of the values of the two ingredients, namely:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\large 2380 + 695x \text { cents}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So set these two expressions equal to each other and solve for x.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\large 2380 + 695x = 675(4 + x)\">\r<BR>\n" );
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