document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=207143>Question 207143</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1565771346/algebrahomeworkh>Algebra I: Incremental Development</A><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Books cost 40 cents and pamphlets 5 cents at the book sale. If Donnie spends $4.15 at the book sale and purchased 20 more pamphlets than he did books, how many pamphlets did he buy?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "___ p(.05) + b(.40) = 4.15\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "\"purchased 20 more pamphlets than he did books\" ___ b = p - 20\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "substituting and multiplying by 100 to clear decimals ___ 5p + 40(p - 20) = 415\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5p + 40p - 800 = 415 ___ 45p = 1215 ___ p = 27 </SPAN>\n" );
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