document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=347692>Question 347692</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> can you please help me with this word problem? I am suppose to write equations for this word problem and they are suppose to fit in a matrix. <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Word Problem: The senior class is selling greeting cards. Birthday Cards sell for $5.00 a box. Thank You cards sell for $7.00 a box. You sold 4 more boxes of birthday cards than thank you cards. your total sales was $152.00. How many Boxes of each kind did you sell? \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Birthday Cards sell for $5.00 a box. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Thank You cards sell for $7.00 a box. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "You sold 4 more boxes of birthday cards than thank you cards. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "your total sales was $152.00. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "How many Boxes of each kind did you sell?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Equations:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Quantity Eq.:: b = t+4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Value Eq.:::: 5b + 7t = 152<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Rearrange for Matrix:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b  - t  = 4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5b +7t  = 152<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Using a Matrix Method I get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b = 15 (# of birthday card boxes sold)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t = 11 (# of thankyou card boxes sold)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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