document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=198571>Question 198571</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/9780073048314/algebrahomeworkh>beginning algebra</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How do i set up an equation for this problem? There are a total of 500 douglas fir and hemlock trees in a section of the forest purchased by the hoodoo logging co. the company paid an average of $205 for each douglas fir and $300 for each hemlock. If the company paid a total of $132,000 for the trees how many of each kind did the company buy? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #149100 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=149100\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Let x=# of douglas fir trees and y=# of hemlock trees\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since \"There are a total of 500 douglas fir and hemlock trees\", this means that <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%2By=500 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%2By=500\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > (ie add up the two counts to get a total of 500)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Also, because \"the company paid an average of $205 for each douglas fir and $300 for each hemlock.\" and \"the company paid a total of $132,000 for the trees\", this translates to the equation <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=205x%2B300y=132000 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"205x%2B300y=132000\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So to find x and y, simply solve the system \r<BR>\n" );
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