document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=619>Question 619</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> In a college there are 5 more seniors than juniors.  In an honor party, 8 percent of the juniors and 5 percent of the seniors were invited.  The total number of students invired to this party was 10.  How many students were in the college. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "percent of the juniors and 5 percent of the seniors were invited.  The total<BR>\n" );
document.write( "number of students invited to this party was 10.  How many students were in<BR>\n" );
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document.write( ">>...In a college there are 5 more seniors than juniors...<<<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "S = J + 5<BR>\n" );
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document.write( ">>...In an honor party, 8 percent of the juniors and 5 percent of the <BR>\n" );
document.write( "seniors were invited...<<<BR>\n" );
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document.write( ".08J + .05S were invited<BR>\n" );
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document.write( ">>...The total number of students invited to this party was 10...<<<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore .08J + .05S = 10<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So we have this system of two equations in two unknowns.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "S = J + 5<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".08J + .05S = 10<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Can you solve this system by substitution?  If not, ask again.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Answer: 80 seniors and 75 juniors.<BR>\n" );
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