document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=736486>Question 736486</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A store sells tents, sleeping bags, and camp stools. A customer buys a tent, 2 sleeping bags, and 5 camping stools for $220. The price of the tent is 7 times the cost of a camp stool. The cost of a sleeping bag is $40 more than the cost of a camp stool. Find the cost of each item.  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "camp stools cost x dollars then<BR>\n" );
document.write( "tent would cost 7x dollars and <BR>\n" );
document.write( "sleeping bag cost would be x+40<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A customer buys a tent, 2 sleeping bags, and 5 camping stools for $220, so now we plug in the above defined cost into this sentence to make equation out of it.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "one tent would cost 1*7x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2 sleeping bags would cost 2(x+40)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5 camping stools would cost 5x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Next we add them all up and make the sum equal to 220<BR>\n" );
document.write( "7x+2(x+40)+5x=220 now we solve for x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "7x+2x+80+5x=220<BR>\n" );
document.write( "14x=140 divide both sides by 14<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=10 now go back all the way to the top where we defined how much everything cost and plug in 10 where you see x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "camp stools cost x dollars so camp stools cost $10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "tent would cost 7x dollars so tent costs 7*10=$70<BR>\n" );
document.write( "sleeping bag cost would be x+40 so sleeping bag cost is 10+40=$50<BR>\n" );
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