document.write( "Question 217110: Cory buys and sells baseball cards on ebay. He always buys at the same price and then sells the cards for $2 more than he buys them. One month he broke even
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Cory buys and sells baseball cards on ebay. He always buys at the same price
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\n" ); document.write( "Let x = buying price
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\n" ); document.write( "bought$ = sold$
\n" ); document.write( "56x = 49(x+2)
\n" ); document.write( "56x = 49x + 98
\n" ); document.write( "56x - 49x = 98
\n" ); document.write( "7x = 98
\n" ); document.write( "x = \"98%2F7\"
\n" ); document.write( "x = $14, buying price, obviously then, $16 is the selling price
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\n" ); document.write( "56(14) = 49(16)
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