document.write( "Question 299387: Clair and Anna were both saving for airline tickets to Washington DC. On Dec 1st Clair was $95 short of the amount she needed and Anna was $83 short of the amount she needed. If they combined their money, they had exactly enough for one ticket. How much did the airline ticket cost?\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "WE're confused because they didn't tell us how much money they had to begin with. \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "Let's have x represent the price of one ticket so we can show this as:
\n" ); document.write( "Clair (x-95)
\n" ); document.write( "Anna (x-83)
\n" ); document.write( "Now if we combine the two it equals 1 ticket, Right?
\n" ); document.write( "So an equation can be set up like this:
\n" ); document.write( "(x-95)+(x-83)=x Combine like terms we get:
\n" ); document.write( "2x-178=x Now subtract x and add 178 to both sides and we get:
\n" ); document.write( "x=178
\n" ); document.write( "There we go the price of one ticket is:
\n" ); document.write( "$178.00
\n" ); document.write( "Make sense?
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