document.write( "Question 670548: Please help me solve this word problem: \r
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\n" ); document.write( "If I give each of my children 11 cents, I'll have 9 cents left. If I had 47 cents more, I could give 15 cents to each. I can't count my money or my kids, and my pocket calculator is on the fritz. I don't know what to do.
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\n" ); document.write( " Old Woman in Shoe.
\n" ); document.write( "How much money and how many children has the Old Woman?
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Algebra.Com's Answer #416994 by josmiceli(19441)\"\" \"About 
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Let \"+n+\" = the number of children she has
\n" ); document.write( "Let \"+A+\" = the amount of money she has
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\n" ); document.write( "In the 1st case, she gives her children:
\n" ); document.write( "(1) \"A+=++.11n+%2B+.09+\"
\n" ); document.write( "In the 2nd case, she gives them each:
\n" ); document.write( "(2) \"+%28+A+%2B+.47+%29+%2F+n+=+.15+\"
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\n" ); document.write( "(2) \"+A+%2B+.47+=+.15n+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(2) \"+A+=+.15n+-+.47+\"
\n" ); document.write( "substitute (1) into (2)
\n" ); document.write( "(2) \"+.11n+%2B+.09+=+.15n+-+.47+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(2) \"+.04n+=+.56+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(2) \"+n+=+14+\"
\n" ); document.write( "She has 14 children
\n" ); document.write( "and
\n" ); document.write( "(1) \"A+=++.11%2A14+%2B+.09+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(1) \"+A+=+1.54+%2B+.09+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(1) \"+A+=+1.63+\"
\n" ); document.write( "She has $1.63
\n" ); document.write( "check answer:
\n" ); document.write( "\"+1.63+%2F+14+=+.11+%2B+.09%2F14+\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"+1.63+=+1.54+%2B+.09+\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"+1.63+=+1.63+\"
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\n" ); document.write( "(2) \"+A+%2B+.47+=+.15n+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(2) \"+1.63+%2B+.47+=+.15%2A14+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(2) \"+2.1+=+2.1+\"
\n" ); document.write( "OK
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