document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=678721>Question 678721</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> during the month of January, a travel agent sold 14 moore cruises than resort cavactions.  If the total amount vacations sold were 72.  How many were cruises and how many were resrt?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2. A coffoee shop serves 3 times as many cups of regular coffee as decaffeinated coffee.  If the shop serves 372 cups of coffee a day. How many are regular and how many are decaffeinated?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #421596 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=rm29924><B>rm29924(97)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-08.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=rm29924><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=rm29924><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=421596\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 1.  Let X = resort vacations<BR>\n" );
document.write( "cruises = X+14<BR>\n" );
document.write( "togehter they equal 72 so we add them<BR>\n" );
document.write( "X+X+14=72<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2X+14=72<BR>\n" );
document.write( "subtract 14 from both sides<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2X=58<BR>\n" );
document.write( "divide 2 from both sides to get the variable X by itself<BR>\n" );
document.write( "X=29<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so we know there are 29 resort vacations<BR>\n" );
document.write( "cruises = X + 14<BR>\n" );
document.write( "29+14<BR>\n" );
document.write( "43\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "answer:  29 resort vacations and 43 cruises \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "chk work<BR>\n" );
document.write( "X+X+14=72<BR>\n" );
document.write( "29+29+14=72<BR>\n" );
document.write( "58+14=72<BR>\n" );
document.write( "72=72\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2.  Let X = number of cups of decaf coffee<BR>\n" );
document.write( "regular coffee = 3x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "together they equal 372\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3X+X=372<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4X=372<BR>\n" );
document.write( "divide both sides by 4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "X=93\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the number of cups of decaf coffee is 93\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "regular = 3X<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3(93)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "279\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the number of regular cups of coffe is 279 \r<BR>\n" );
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