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celeste wants to have her hair cut and permed and also go to lunch. She knows she will need $59. the perm cost twice as much as her haircut and she needs $5 for lunch.
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\n" ); document.write( "Let x = cost of haircut
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\n" ); document.write( "2x = cost of perm
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\n" ); document.write( "x + 2x + 5 = 59
\n" ); document.write( "3x + 5 = 59
\n" ); document.write( "3x = 54
\n" ); document.write( "x = $18 (haircut)
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\n" ); document.write( "Perm:
\n" ); document.write( "2x = 2(18) = $36
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\n" ); document.write( "Lunch: $5 \n" ); document.write( "

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