document.write( "Question 478264: best buy recently charged $17.99 per box of pens and $7.49 per box for pencils.
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document.write( "Hi,
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document.write( "purchased 120 such boxes 
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document.write( "Let x and (120 -x) represent the number of boxes of pens and pencils respectively
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document.write( "Question states***
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document.write( " 17.99x + 7.49(120-x) = 1234.80
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document.write( "      10.50x = 1234.80 - 7.49*120
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document.write( "        10.5x = 336
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document.write( "            x = 32 boxes of pens and 88 boxes of pencils  (120-32)\r
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document.write( "CHECKING our Answer***
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document.write( "  32*$17.99 + 88*$7.49 = $575.68 + $659.12 = $1234.80
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