document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=210377>Question 210377</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A computer store sold a total of 300 items last month. The store sold six times as many hard drives as they did CD-ROM drives, and half as many floppy drives as hard drives. Based on this information, how may of each item were sold? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let amount of CD-Rom drives sold be C<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then since they sold 6 times as many hard drives as CD-Rom drives then they sold of 6C hard drives<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Also, since they sold half as many floppy drives as they did hard drives, then they sold <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > of 6C, or 3C floppy drives\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since they sold 300 drives, then: C + 6C + 3C = 300<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10C = 300<BR>\n" );
document.write( "C = 30\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This means that <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight_green%2830%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight_green%2830%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > CD-Rom drives were sold.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "As a result, they sold <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight_green%28180%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight_green%28180%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >  (6 * 30) hard drives, and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight_green%2890%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight_green%2890%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >  (3 * 30) floppy drives. <BR>\n" );
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