document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=202756>Question 202756</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Need help with this word problem please:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A washer and a dryer cost $841 combined. The washer costs $91 more than the dryer. What is the cost of the dryer?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Here is my try:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "w+d=841<BR>\n" );
document.write( "w+91+d=841? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "w+d=841<BR>\n" );
document.write( "w+91+d=841<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The first equation is good. The second equation ... not so much.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The second equation should state the relationship between the cost of the dryer and washer. Since the \"washer costs $91 more than the dryer\" we can use:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "w=91+d<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "So our two equations are:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "w+d=841<BR>\n" );
document.write( "w=91+d<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Using the second equation, since it is already solved for w, we will substitute for w into the first equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(91+d)+d=841<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Simplifying we get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "91 + 2d = 841<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Subtracting 91 from both sides:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2d = 750<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Dividing both sides by 2:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d = 375<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So the dryer costs $375. To find the cost of the washer we can substitute this number for d in one of the 2 equations. Using the second equation we get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "w = (375) + 91<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Adding we get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "w = 466<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So the washer costs $466 </SPAN>\n" );
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