document.write( "Question 45899: Don runs a charity fruit sale, selling boxes of oranges for $11 and boxes of grapfruit for $10. If he sold a total of 762 boxes and his total income was $8125, how many boxes of oranges did he sale? \n" ); document.write( "

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boxes of oranges = o
\n" ); document.write( "boxes of grapfruit = g
\n" ); document.write( "Equation:
\n" ); document.write( " $\"11o+%2B+10g+=+8125\"$
\n" ); document.write( "and
\n" ); document.write( " $\"o+%2B+g+=+762\"$
\n" ); document.write( "Combine:
\n" ); document.write( " $\"11o+%2B+10g+=+8125\"$
\n" ); document.write( "+
\n" ); document.write( " $\"-10o+-+10g+=+-7620\"$
\n" ); document.write( "=
\n" ); document.write( " $\"o+=+505\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"g+=+257\"$
\n" ); document.write( "505 boxes of oranges. \n" ); document.write( "

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