document.write( "Question 312551: The Candy Shack sells a particular candy in two different size packages. One size sells for $1.25 and the other sells for $1.75. If the store received $65.50 for 42 packages of candy, how many of each size were sold? \n" ); document.write( "

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size of packages:
\n" ); document.write( "big=B also costs more then smaller package
\n" ); document.write( "small=S
\n" ); document.write( " $\"B%2BS=42\"$ : $\"B=42-S\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"1.25S%2B1.75B=65.50\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"1.25S%2B1.75%2842-S%29=65.50\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"73.5-.50S=65.50\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"-.50S=-8\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"S=16\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"B=42-S\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"B=42-16\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"B=26\"$
\n" ); document.write( "26 big sizes
\n" ); document.write( "16 small sizes \n" ); document.write( "

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