document.write( "Question 696966: george has apples and oranges in his basket. He has a total of 28 fruits altogehter. He has 4 mroe apples than oranges. How many apples and how many oranges does george have? Solve by Elimination and Substitution. \n" ); document.write( "

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Let $\"+a+\"$ = number of apples he has
\n" ); document.write( "Let $\"+b+\"$ = number of oranges he has
\n" ); document.write( "given:
\n" ); document.write( "(1) $\"+a+=+b+%2B+4+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "(2) $\"+a+%2B+b+=+28+\"$
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\n" ); document.write( "By substitution:
\n" ); document.write( "(2) $\"+b+%2B+4+%2B+b+=+28+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "(2) $\"+2b+=28+-+4+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "(2) $\"+2b+=+24+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "(2) $\"+b+=+12+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "and, since
\n" ); document.write( "(1) $\"+a+=+b+%2B+4+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "(1) $\"+a+=+12+%2B+4+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "1) $\"+a+=+16+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "He has 16 apples and 12 oranges\r
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