document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=330206>Question 330206</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If nine pounds of pears cost x dollars, then what is the<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Answer question with a rational expression. Be sure to<BR>\n" );
document.write( "include the units.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "should this question be worked as follows?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "9x*x=x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and if so what is the answer? I can't seem to understand this </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #236645 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=solver91311><B>solver91311(24713)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=solver91311><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=solver91311><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=236645\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> <font face=\"Garamond\" size=\"+2\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let's put a specific value in for <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\"> and then expand what we discover into a more general statement of the situation.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Assume for the moment that the amount of money spent on the fruit was $9.00.  Clearly you can see that each of the nine pounds must have cost $1.00.  Likewise, if the store clerk had asked for $18.00, each pound would have been worth $2.00, and if the bill had been $27.00 -- I would put the pears back and investigate the price of apples.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The pattern seems to be that if I divide the total cost, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\"> in dollars, by the number of pounds of fruit purchased, the result is the cost in dollars per pound.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \frac{x}{9}\"> dollars per pound.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "for this situation. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it<BR>\n" );
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