document.write( "Question 388518: you are buying scarves and gloves as gifts. a scarf costs $2 less than each pair of gloves. gloves cost $7. you buy 12 items for $62. how many gloves did you buy ? \n" ); document.write( "
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you are buying scarves and gloves as gifts. a scarf costs $2 less than each pair of gloves. gloves cost $7. you buy 12 items for $62. how many gloves did you buy ?
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\n" ); document.write( "g = pairs of gloves purchased
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\n" ); document.write( "12-g = scarfs purchased
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\n" ); document.write( "7g + 5(12-g) = 62
\n" ); document.write( "7g + 60-5g = 62
\n" ); document.write( "2g + 60 = 62
\n" ); document.write( "2g = 2
\n" ); document.write( "g = 1 (gloves purchased)\r
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