document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=268853>Question 268853</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> My word problem is: Sandy's electric bill is always 5 times as large as her gas bill. If the total of the two bills is $174, how much was Sandy's electric bill?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I was thinking 5x=174 and divide it and got 34.8 \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I was thinking 5x=174 and divide it and got 34.8 \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "let the gas bill be x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "electric bill will be 5x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5x+x=174<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6x=174<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=174/6\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "= $29 which is the gas bill\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The elctricity bill will be 5times x <BR>\n" );
document.write( "ie: 5*29= 145<BR>\n" );
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