document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=458414>Question 458414</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Al’s Market sells hamburger in 1-pound, 2-pound, and 5-pound packages. On Saturday they sold 608 pounds of hamburger in 254 packages; twice as many 2-pound packages as 5-pound packages. How many 1-pound packages were sold? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "On Saturday they sold 608 pounds of hamburger in 254 packages; <BR>\n" );
document.write( "twice as many 2-pound packages as 5-pound packages. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "How many 1-pound packages were sold?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Equations:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Bags Eq:::::a + b + c = 254<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Pounds Eq:::a + 2b +5c = 608<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Bags #'s::: 0 +  b -2c = 0<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve by any method to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a = # of 1-lb bags = 77<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b = # of 2-lb bags = 118<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c = # of 5-lb bags = 59<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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