document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=708691>Question 708691</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A department store held a sale to sell all of the 214 winter jackets that remained after the season ended. Unitl noon, each jacket in the store was priced at $31.95. At noon, the price of the jackets was further reduced to $18.95. After the last jacket was sold, total receipts for the clearance sale were $5108.30. How many jackets were sold before noon and how many were sold after noon?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Make a system to solve. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #436362 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=KMST><B>KMST(5328)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=KMST><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=KMST><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=436362\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = number of jackets were sold before noon (at $31.95 each)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = number of jackets were sold after noon (at $18.95 each)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "All <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=214 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"214\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > jackets were sold, so<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight%28x%2By=214%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight%28x%2By=214%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Before noon, the money received for selling <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > jackets at $31.95 each was<BR>\n" );
document.write( "$<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=31.95x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"31.95x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "After noon, the amount received for selling <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > jackets at $18.95 each was<BR>\n" );
document.write( "$<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=18.95y ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"18.95y\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The total receipts of the clearance sale (all the money received for selling those jackets, in $ was<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight%2831.95x%2B18.95y=5108.30%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight%2831.95x%2B18.95y=5108.30%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Those two equations form the system<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=system%28x%2By=214%2C31.95x%2B18.95y=5108.30%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"system%28x%2By=214%2C31.95x%2B18.95y=5108.30%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The first equation times 18.95,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=18.95x%2B18.95y=18.95%2A214 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"18.95x%2B18.95y=18.95%2A214\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > --> <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=18.95x%2B18.95y=4055.30 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"18.95x%2B18.95y=4055.30\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "can be subtracted from the second one to get<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=31.95x-18.95x=5108.30-4055.30 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"31.95x-18.95x=5108.30-4055.30\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > --> <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=13x=1053 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"13x=1053\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > --> <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x=1053%2F13 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x=1053%2F13\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > --> <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight%28x=81%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight%28x=81%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "That along with <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%2By=214 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%2By=214\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > result in<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=81%2By=214 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"81%2By=214\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > --> <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y=214-81 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y=214-81\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > --> <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight%28y=133%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight%28y=133%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > </SPAN>\n" );
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