document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=711637>Question 711637</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> <BR>\n" );
document.write( "My question is;<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Michael and Eduardo are selling boy scouts cookies (a recent invention to try and compete with girl scouts). the boys sold 57 boxes of cookies, and earned $195. If buttery tea dippers costs $2.00 per box and Nutty cost $3.50 per box, how many boxes of each did they sell? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #437521 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=checkley79><B>checkley79(3341)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=checkley79><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=437521\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> X+Y=57<BR>\n" );
document.write( "X=57-Y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3.5X+2Y=195<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3.5(57-Y)+2Y=195<BR>\n" );
document.write( "199.5-3.5Y+2Y=195<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-1.5Y=195-199.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-1.5Y=-4.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Y=-4.5/-1.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Y=3 BOXES OF $200 COOKIES WERE SOLD.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "X+3=57<BR>\n" );
document.write( "X=57-3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "X=54 BOXES OF $3.50 COOKIES WERE SOLD.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "PROOF:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3.5*54+2*3=195<BR>\n" );
document.write( "189+6=195<BR>\n" );
document.write( "195=195 </SPAN>\n" );
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