document.write( "Question 527491: 3. To stimulate his daughter in the pursuit of problem solving, a math professor offered to pay her $8 for every equation correctly solved and to fine her $5 for every incorrect solution. At the end of the first 26 problems of the problem set, neither owed any money to the other. How many problems did the daughter solve correctly? \n" ); document.write( "
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To stimulate his daughter in the pursuit of problem solving, a math professor offered to pay her $8 for every equation correctly solved and to fine her $5 for every incorrect solution. At the end of the first 26 problems of the problem set, neither owed any money to the other. How many problems did the daughter solve correctly?
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\n" ); document.write( "Expected Value:
\n" ); document.write( "8c - 5w = 0 dollars
\n" ); document.write( "c + w = 26 problems
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\n" ); document.write( "Multiply thru the 2nd equation by 5:
\n" ); document.write( "8c - 5w = 0
\n" ); document.write( "5c + 5w = 5*26
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\n" ); document.write( "Add to get:
\n" ); document.write( "13c = 5*26
\n" ); document.write( "c = 10 (# of questions answered correctly)
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\n" ); document.write( "Cheers,
\n" ); document.write( "Stan H.
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