document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=214166>Question 214166</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> At the homecoming football game, the senior class officers sold slices of pizza for $0.75 each and hamburgers for $1.35 each. They sold 40 more slices of pizza than hamburgers, and sales totaled $292.50. How many slices of pizza did they sell? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( ".75p+1.35h=292.50<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".75(h+40)+1.35h=292.50<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".75h+30+1.35h=292.50<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2.1h=292.50-30<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2.1h=262.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "h=262.5/2.1125 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "h=125 hamburgers were sold.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "p=125+40=165 pieces of pizza were sold.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Proof:<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".75*165+1.35*125=292.50<BR>\n" );
document.write( "123.75+168.75=292.50<BR>\n" );
document.write( "292.50=292.50 </SPAN>\n" );
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