document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=517291>Question 517291</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> With the major options package and destination charge, a sports car costs 24,416. The base price of the car was 10 times  the price of the major options package and fifty times the destination charge. What was the base price of the car?  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let sports package be S, destination charge, D, and base price, B<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then S = B/10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Also, D = B/50\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now, since S + D + B = 24,416, then we can say that:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "B/10 + B/50 + B = 24,416 ----- Substituting values for S & D<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5B + B + 50B = 1,220,800 ------- Multiplying by LCD, 50<BR>\n" );
document.write( "56B = 1,220,800\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "B, or base price of car = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%281220800%29%2F56 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%281220800%29%2F56\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, or $<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight_green%2821800%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight_green%2821800%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "D, or destination charge = $<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=21800%2F50 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"21800%2F50\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > or $436\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "S, or sports package = $<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=21800%2F10 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"21800%2F10\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, or $2,180\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "$21,800 + 436 + 2,180 = $24,416\r<BR>\n" );
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