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> for every two widgets i buy at regular price, i can buy a third widget for $4. i bought 9 widgets for a total of $909. find, in dollars, the regular price of a widget.
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\n" ); document.write( "If you bought a total of 9, then 3 of the nine will cost only $4
\n" ); document.write( "Therefore you bought 6 at the regular price
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\n" ); document.write( "6w = 909 - 3(4)
\n" ); document.write( "6w = 897
\n" ); document.write( "w = $\"897%2F6\"$
\n" ); document.write( "w = $149.50 is the reg price \n" ); document.write( "

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