document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=192304>Question 192304</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Members of a senior class held a car wash to raise funds for thier senior prom. They charged $3 to wash a car and $5 to wash a truck. If they earned a total of $275 by washing a total of 75 vehicles,how many cars did they wash? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let <i><b>x</b></i> represent the number of cars washed.  Then, since 75 vehicles were washed, the number of trucks washed must have been <b>75 - <i>x</i></b>.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since they charged $3 per car, the amount of money they made from washing cars was <b>3<i>x</i></b>.  Likewise, the amount of money they made from washing trucks was <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE  5(75-x)\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The total of these two amounts must be the total amount they made, so:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 3x + 5(75 - x) = 275\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve for <i><b>x</b></i> to get the number of cars washed.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
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