document.write( "Question 356774: There were 12 items purchased. She bought twice as many tomatoes as lettuce heads.
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Let T be the number of tomatoes, L the number of lettuce heads.
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"T=2%2AL\"$
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"2L%2BL=12\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"3L=12\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"L=4\"$
\n" ); document.write( "Then,
\n" ); document.write( " $\"T=2%284%29=8\"$
\n" ); document.write( "She bought 8 tomatoes and 4 lettuce heads.
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