document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=46447>Question 46447</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Would someone explain in detail how to solve the following problem:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A bookstore manager plans to spend $60 on pens at 30 cents each and pencils at 10 cents each.  The equation 0.10x + 0.30y = 60 can be used to represent the model in this situation.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a.) What do x and y represent?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b.) graph the equation\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "c.) write the equation in slope - intercept form.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "d.) what is the slope of the line?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "e.) what does the slope tell you?  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What I have so far is:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "0.10x + 0.30y = 60<BR>\n" );
document.write( "        0.30y = -0.10x + 60\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I don't exactly know where to go from here because it hasn't been expalined very well in my class.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Thanks\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #30791 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=checkley71><B>checkley71(8403)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=checkley71><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=30791\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> .1X+.3Y=60 OR .3Y=-.1X+60 OR Y=-.1/.3X+60/.3 OR Y=-1/3X+200 THIS IS THE SLOPE INTERCEPT FORMULA. THE SLOPE IS -1/3 & THE Y INTERCEPT IS 200 ON THE X AXIS. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "X REPRESENTS THE HORIZONTAL AXIS OF THE GRAPH & Y REPRESENTS THE VERTICLE AXIS OF THE GRAPH.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I DON'T HAVE GRAPH CAPABILITY. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "THE SLOPE OF THIS LINE IS -1/3 AND THIS NEGATIVE SLOPE SAYS THAT FOR EVERY <BR>\n" );
document.write( "-3 X UNITS TO THE LEFT THE Y VALUE INCREASES BY 1 UNIT UP.<BR>\n" );
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