document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=242476>Question 242476</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A major league baseball player finished the season with 122 singles. Five percent of his hits were triples. Two out of every fifteen hits were home runs, and he hit one more double than he did home runs. How many hits altogether did he have that season? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Five percent of his hits were triples. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Two out of every fifteen hits were home runs, <BR>\n" );
document.write( "and he hit one more double than he did home runs.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "How many hits altogether did he have that season?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let \"x\" be the total number of hits.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "singles : 122<BR>\n" );
document.write( "triples: 0.05x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "home runs: (2/15)x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "doubles: (2/15)x + 1<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(0.95)x = 122 + (2/15)x + (2/15)x + 1<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "0.95x = 123 + (4/15)x<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "0.95x - (4/15)x = 123<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(41/60)x = 123<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 180 hits (total # of hits)<BR>\n" );
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