document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=37663>Question 37663</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0201812487/algebrahomeworkh></A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> On a fishing trip, Mariko caught twenty-four fish. Sh caught some rockfish averaging 2.5 lb. and some bluefish averging 8 lb. The total weight of the fish was 137 lb. How many of each kind of fish did she catch? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Define variables:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b=number of bluefish<BR>\n" );
document.write( "r=number of rockfish<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Equations:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=b%2Br=24 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"b%2Br=24\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2.5r%2B8b=137 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2.5r%2B8b=137\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Combine:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=-8b-8r=-192 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"-8b-8r=-192\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "+<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2.5r%2B8b=137 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2.5r%2B8b=137\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "=<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=-5.5r=-55 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"-5.5r=-55\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > so <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=r=10 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"r=10\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Plug in:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=b%2Br=24 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"b%2Br=24\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=b%2B10=24 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"b%2B10=24\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=b=14 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"b=14\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > </SPAN>\n" );
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