document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=490608>Question 490608</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A confused bank teller transposed the dollars and cents when he cashed a check for Ms. Smith, giving her dollars instead of cents and cents instead of dollars. After buying a newspaper for 50 cents, Ms. Smith noticed that she had left exactly three times as much as the original check. What was the amount of the check? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( " After buying a newspaper for 50 cents, Ms. Smith noticed that she had left exactly three times as much as the original check. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "What was the amount of the check?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x = correct no. of dollars<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let .01y = correct no. of cents (in dollars)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "then<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x + .01y = correct amt<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y + .01x = the incorrect amt<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y + .01x - .50 = 3(x + .01y)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y + .01x - .50 = 3x + .03y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y - .03y = 3x - .01x + .50<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".97y = 2.99x + .50<BR>\n" );
document.write( "get rid of those decimals, mult by 100<BR>\n" );
document.write( "97y = 299x + 50<BR>\n" );
document.write( "divide both sides by 97<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=299%2F97 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"299%2F97\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >x + <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=50%2F97 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"50%2F97\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "enter this equation into Ti83 or equiv and check the table of the graph<BR>\n" );
document.write( "It will be apparent that he only integer solution of y occurs when<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 18, y = 56, therefore<BR>\n" );
document.write( "$18.56 is the correct amt<BR>\n" );
document.write( "however the teller gave<BR>\n" );
document.write( "$56.18<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "We can confirm this<BR>\n" );
document.write( "56.18 - .50 = 3(18.56)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "55.68 = 55.68 </SPAN>\n" );
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