document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=317753>Question 317753</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> company sells batteries($3) and pens ($5). In August total sales were $960.00<BR>\n" );
document.write( "customers bought 5 times as many batteries as boxes of pens. How many of each did company sell??\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x+5x=960<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6x=960<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6  6\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x=160X5=800-batteries sold<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=160X1=160-pens sold\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I am a adult student who has never had alegbra and I have problems creating the equations. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #227552 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mananth><B>mananth(16946)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mananth><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=mananth><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=227552\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> company sells batteries($3) and pens ($5). In August total sales were $960.00<BR>\n" );
document.write( "customers bought 5 times as many batteries as boxes of pens. How many of each did company sell??<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "let the number of boxes of pens sold be  x -costing $5 / box<BR>\n" );
document.write( "customer buys 5 times more batteries as boxes of pens <BR>\n" );
document.write( "so 5x batteries are bought by the customer at $3 / battery<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "individual costs add up to total cost<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5x+5x*3=960<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5x+15x=960<BR>\n" );
document.write( "20x=960<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x= 960/20<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x= 48 which is the number of pens sold.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The number of batteries sold = 5x = 5*48<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=240.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "CHECK\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5*48+3*240= 960<BR>\n" );
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