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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "You have a question that involves two things. You have information about the total number of things, about the value of one unit of each of the things, and about the total value of both things put together. If you let

represent the number of one of the things and

represent the number of the other thing, and

is the total number of both things together, then you can write an equation like this:\r
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is the value of one item of

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is the total value of all of the things, then you can write a second equation like this:\r
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