document.write( "Question 601231: A sales person sold three times the number of refrigerators as washing machines. The refrigerators sold for $800 each and the washing machines sold for $300 each. If the amount of money collected for the sales was $45,900, how many refrigerators were sold? \n" ); document.write( "
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washing machines sold = x
\n" ); document.write( "Refrigerators sold = y =3x\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "300x + 800*(3x) =45900
\n" ); document.write( "300x+2400x=45900\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "2700x=45900
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\n" ); document.write( "x=45900/2700\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "x= 17 numbers , the number of washing machines\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "refrigerators sold = 3*x = 3*17 = 51 numbers
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