document.write( "Question 329242: pedro went to the market and bought a total of 32 plums and peaches for $52. A plum is $2 and a peach is $1. How many plums did pedro buy? \n" ); document.write( "

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represent the number of plums. Then then number of peaches has to be

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and the value of all of the peaches is

, and since no other items were included in the $52, we can say:\r
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represents the number of plums, solve for

to answer the question.\r
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