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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document.write( "Hi,         
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document.write( "Let x and (12-c) represent the number of gloves and scarves respectively
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document.write( "Note: a scarf cost $5 ($2 less than gloves cost)
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document.write( "Question states
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document.write( " $7x + $5(12-x) = $62
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document.write( "         2x = $2.00
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document.write( "          x = 1 , the number of gloves. Number of scarves is 11.   (12-1)\r
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document.write( "CHECKING our Answer
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document.write( " $7*1 + $5 * 11 = $7 + $55 = $62\r
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