document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=408714>Question 408714</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A hospital received a shippment of 8-milligram doses of medicine.            Each 8-milligram package was repacked into two smaller dosesof unequal size and labled packet a and packet b. The hospital then used 17 doses of packet A and 14 doses of packet B in one week. The hospital used a total of 127 milligrams of the medicine during that week. How many milligrams of the medicine are contained in each A packet? In each B packet? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "a + b = 8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "17a + 14b = 127<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Modify:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "17a + 17b = 17*8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "17a + 14b = 127<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Subtract and solve for \"b\":<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3b = 9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b = 3<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve for \"a\":<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a+b = 8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a + 3 = 8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a = 5<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Ans: 3 \"a\" packs and 5 \"b\" packs.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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