document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=339003>Question 339003</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A discount store sold plastic cups for $3.25 each and ceramic cups for $4.50 each.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a. If 500 cups were sold for a total of $2,090, how many cups of each type were sold?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "What was the dollar value of each type of cup sold?  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #242998 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=242998\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> plastic cups for $3.25 each : let the numberof cups be x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and ceramic cups for $4.50 each : this will be 500-x cups<BR>\n" );
document.write( "500 cups were sold for a total of $2,090,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "..<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3.25x+4.5(500-x)=2090<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3.25x+2250-4.5x= 2090<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-1.25x=2090-2250<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-1.25x=-160<BR>\n" );
document.write( "divide by -1.25<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=-160/-1.25<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x= 128 plastic cups.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "remaining will be ceramic cups <BR>\n" );
document.write( "500-128=372  </SPAN>\n" );
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