document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=27923>Question 27923</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Write the equation and solve\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A pair of jeans is on sale for 15percent off the original price.The sale price of the jeans is $ 29.74. what is the original price.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a bank teller is counting his money and notices that he has an equal number of tens and twenties .  He also has $147 in other bills. If the total value of the bills he has is $1167, how manytens and twenties does he have?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "please help me answer the questions above. Me and my mom have tried figureing them out and havent suceded.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #15225 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=bmauger><B>bmauger(101)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-09.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=bmauger><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=15225\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Call the original price of the jeans x. So 15% of the original price would be 15% times x or .15x.  So when we take the orginal price, subtract the discount (since it's \"15% off) we get the equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x-.15x=29.74 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x-.15x=29.74\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >Combine x's<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=.85x=29.74 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\".85x=29.74\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >Divide both sides by .85:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x=34.99 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x=34.99\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > $34.99 at 15% off ($5.25 discount) leaves us with $29.74 jeans. Check.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "For problem 2, first let's get rid of the \"other bills\" and focus only on tens and twenties. Because he had $147 in other bills, and a total of $1167, that means the total from 10s and 20s must be 1167-147=$1020.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Lets call the number he has of each x. So he has x 10s and he has x 20s.  The value from the 10s is 10x (for instance if he had 7 tens the value would be 10*7=70). Likewise the value from the 20s is 20x. When we add the two values we get 10x+20x. Because we already figured that this sum must be $1,020 we can write:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=10x%2B20x=1020 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"10x%2B20x=1020\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >Combining x's again:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=30x=1020 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"30x=1020\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >Divide:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x=34 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x=34\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "So the teller had 34 tens ($340) and 34 twenties ($680) and the $147 in \"other bills\" for a grand total of $1167. Check. </SPAN>\n" );
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