document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=645492>Question 645492</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Danny bought some bag of fruit for mathematics club picnic. He spent $6.40 and bought twice as many bags of apples as bags of oranges. If an apple cost $0.09 a bag and oranges cost $1.40 a bag, how many bags of each did he buy? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "This doesn't work with the numbers you provided, since you can't buy fractional bags of fruit.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE x\"> is the number of bags of oranges, then <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE 2x\"> is the number of bags of apples.  Since apples (according to your information) cost 9 cents, then the total value of the apples is 9 times 2x cents, and the total value of the oranges, which cost 140 cents per bag, is 140x.  The total value being 640 cents, the following relation is true:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 18x\ +\ 140x\ =\ 640\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ x\ \approx\ 4.05\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "bags of oranges and then <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \approx\ 8.1\"> bags of apples.  Nonsense.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Re-post your problem with the correct numbers.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "P.S.  I know exactly what mistake you made, but I'm making you re-post to teach you a lesson about checking and double-checking your work.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi}\ +\ 1\ =\ 0\"><BR>\n" );
document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it<BR>\n" );
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