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document.write( "2. As you are leaving the community, you notice another new community just down the street. Because you are in the area, you decide to inquire about it. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a)The sales representative here tells you they also have two floor plans available, but they only have 38 homes available. Write an equation that illustrates the situation. Use x and y to denote floor plan #1 and floor plan #2 respectively. (( X + y = 38) is what i thought the equation would be)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b)	The representative tells you that floor plan #1 sells for $175,000 and floor plan #2 sells for $200,000. She also mentions that all the available houses combined are worth $7,200,000. Write an equation that illustrates this situation. Use the same variables you used in part a.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "((175,000x +200000y =72,000,000)is what i put for the equation)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "c)	Use elimination to determine how many houses with each floor plan are available. Explain how you arrived at your answer.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I have done this maybe 10 times. i keep coming up with x = 2576 but that does not make sense when i put that back into the orginal equation. Please Help! I have till 3 am est to turn it in. Thanks! </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #133454 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Mathtut><B>Mathtut(3670)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Mathtut><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=133454\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 2a)x + y = 38\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2b) We have x houses @ $175,000 and y houses @ $200,000, with a total worth of $7,200,000.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The equation representing this relationship is,\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "175,000x + 200,000y = 7,200,000\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "simplifying the numbers gives us,\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "175x + 200y = 7,200\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "7x + 8y = 288\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Our system of simultaneous equatiuons is,\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "7x + 8y = 288\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x + y = 38\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply the 2nd equation by 7,\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "7x + 8y = 288\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "7x + 7y = 266\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "eliminate the x by subtracting the 2nd eqn from the 1st.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y = 22\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x + 22 = 38 (using y = 22)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = 16\r<BR>\n" );
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