document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=652169>Question 652169</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hi there! Stupid stuck! (Again!)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Joe buys five shirts and three shorts for $51.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Bill buys three shirts and seven shorts for $80.  <BR>\n" );
document.write( "How much does each shirt and each pair of shorts cost.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So, if x is cost of each shirt<BR>\n" );
document.write( "And if y is the cost of each pair of shorts, wouldn't the restated problem be:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "8x + 10y = $131? Where do I go from here. I am stuck, again. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #407931 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=MathLover1><B>MathLover1(20850)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=MathLover1><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=MathLover1><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=407931\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> given:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Joe buys <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > shirts and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > shorts for $<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=51 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"51\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Bill buys <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > shirts and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=7 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"7\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > shorts for $<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=80 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"80\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "if<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > is cost of each shirt and if <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > is the cost of each pair of shorts, than we have:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+5x%2B3y=51 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+5x%2B3y=51\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >....1....what Joe buys\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+3x%2B7y=80 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+3x%2B7y=80\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >....2....what Bill buys<BR>\n" );
document.write( "____________________________________.....solve the system\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+5x%2B3y=51 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+5x%2B3y=51\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >....1...solve for <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+5x=51-3y ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+5x=51-3y\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+3%2851%2F5-3y%2F5%29%2B7y=80 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+3%2851%2F5-3y%2F5%29%2B7y=80\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >....2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+153%2Across%285%29%2Fcross%285%29-9%2Across%285%29y%2Fcross%285%29%2B35y=400 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+153%2Across%285%29%2Fcross%285%29-9%2Across%285%29y%2Fcross%285%29%2B35y=400\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+26y=400-153 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+26y=400-153\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+26y=247 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+26y=247\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+y=247%2F26 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+y=247%2F26\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+highlight%28y=9.5%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+highlight%28y=9.5%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >..........cost of each each pair of shorts\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "now find <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+x=51%2F5-3y%2F5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+x=51%2F5-3y%2F5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+x=10.2-28.5%2F5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+x=10.2-28.5%2F5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+x=10.2-5.7 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+x=10.2-5.7\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+highlight%28x=4.5%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+highlight%28x=4.5%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >......cost of each shirt\r<BR>\n" );
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