document.write( "Question 44276: In the equation, p = 0.15b + 0.93k, p represents the purchase price in dollars for buying b bananas and k kiwi fruit.\r
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In the equation,  p= 0.15b + 0.93k, p \r\n" );
document.write( "represents the purchase price in dollars for buying b bananas \r\n" );
document.write( "and k kiwi fruit.\r\n" );
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document.write( "An ordered pair will be represented by (k,b). Describe what set \r\n" );
document.write( "of numbers will give actual solutions.ie; Integer, Rational, \r\n" );
document.write( "Whole, Natural.\r\n" );
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document.write( "It could not be \"integer\", because negative integers like -3\r\n" );
document.write( "or -5 are rational numbers, and you cannot have negative numbers\r\n" );
document.write( "of fruit.  So we rule out \"Integer\".\r\n" );
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document.write( "It could not be \"rational\" because rational numbers include all\r\n" );
document.write( "common fractions like 1/2, 2/3, 7/8, and we don't buy fractions\r\n" );
document.write( "of fruits.  Rational numbers also contain negative integers and\r\n" );
document.write( "negative fractions, all the mor reason why it could not be\r\n" );
document.write( "\"rational\".  So we rule out \"Rational\".\r\n" );
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document.write( "It could not be \"whole\", because the whole numbers include 0, and\r\n" );
document.write( "\"buying\" 0 pieces of fruit would not by considered \"buying\". So\r\n" );
document.write( "we rule out \"Whole\".\r\n" );
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document.write( "That only leaves \"natural\" numbers, which are 1, 2, 3, 4, ...\r\n" );
document.write( "You can only buy natural numbers of pieces of fruit. That's it,\r\n" );
document.write( "\"Natural\"!\r\n" );
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