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document.write( "A card collecting store sells individual packs for one price or an entire hobby box for another. Jaycee purchased 12 packs and 3 hobby boxes for $196.50. Jeremiah paid $403.50 for 8 packs and 7 hobby boxes. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Equations:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "p is the price of a pack ; h is the price of a hobby box<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Value Eq: 12p + 3h = 196.50<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Value Eq:  8p + 7h = 403.50<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Modify:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "96p + 24h = 8*196.50<BR>\n" );
document.write( "96p + 84h = 12*403.50<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "60h = 3270<BR>\n" );
document.write( "h = $54.50 (price of a hobby box)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve for \"p\":<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8p + 7h = 403.50<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8p + 381.50 = 403.50<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8p = 22<BR>\n" );
document.write( "p = $2.75 (price of a pack)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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