document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=240474>Question 240474</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help me write out and solve this equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A store owener sells two pairs of running shoes for each pair of high tops. He plans to order 144 pairs of shoes. How many pairs should be high tops? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "\"He plans to order 144 pairs of shoes\" ___ r + h = 144\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "two unknowns (r and h) and two equations\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "substituting ___ (2h) + h = 144 ___ h = 48\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "substituting ___ r = 2(48) = 96 </SPAN>\n" );
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