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document.write( "A store sells tents,sleeping bags, and camp stools.  A customer buys a tent, 5 sleeping bags, and 4 camp stools for $242.  The price of the tent is 9 times the cost of a camp stool.  The cost of a sleeping bag is $16 more than the cost of a camp stool.  Find the cost of each item.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I have tried using this x=tents, y=sleeping bags, and z=camp stools.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+5y+4z=242 and then I am stuck, please help. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "\"The price of the tent is 9 times the cost of a camp stool\" ___ x = 9z\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "\"The cost of a sleeping bag is $16 more than the cost of a camp stool\" ___ y = z + 16\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "substituting ___ 9z + 5(z + 16) + 4z = 242 ___ 9z + 5z + 80 + 4z = 242\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "18z = 162 ___ z = 9\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "substituting ___ y = 9 + 16 = 25\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "substituting ___ x = 9(9) = 81 </SPAN>\n" );
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