document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=63004>Question 63004</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> There are 850 Douglas fir and ponderosa pine trees in a<BR>\n" );
document.write( "section of forest bought by Sawz Logging Co. The company paid an average of<BR>\n" );
document.write( "$300 for each Douglas fir and $225 for each ponderosa pine. If the company paid<BR>\n" );
document.write( "$217,500 for the trees, how many of each kind did the company buy? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "section of forest bought by Sawz Logging Co. The company paid an average of<BR>\n" );
document.write( "$300 for each Douglas fir and $225 for each ponderosa pine. If the company paid<BR>\n" );
document.write( "$217,500 for the trees, how many of each kind did the company buy?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let number of Douglas fir be \"x\"; Value of these is 300x dollars<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Number of Ponderosa trees is \"850-x\"; Value of these is 225(850-x)=191250-250x<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "value + value = 217,500<BR>\n" );
document.write( "300x+191250-250=217,500<BR>\n" );
document.write( "50x=26250<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=525 (# of Doublas fir trees)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "850-525=325 (# of Ponderosa pine trees)<BR>\n" );
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