document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=178696>Question 178696</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> i hate word problems. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "A restaurant purchased eight tablecloths and five napkins for $106. A week later, a tablecloth and six napkins were brought for $ 24. Find the cost of one tablecloth and one napkin; assuming the same prices for both purchases.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "This is what I started.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8t + 5n = 106<BR>\n" );
document.write( " t + 6n = 24<BR>\n" );
document.write( "mulyiply both sides by ( -8)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8t + 5n + 106<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-8t - 48n = -192<BR>\n" );
document.write( "    -43n = 86<BR>\n" );
document.write( "       n = -2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I don' t think this is right. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "8t + 5n + 106<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-8t - 48n = -192<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-43n = 86-------> this should be -43n=-86 <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "therefore n=2 not -2<BR>\n" );
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