document.write( "Question 785011: A caterer is planning a party for 64 people. The customer has $150 to spend. A $39 pan of pasta feed 14 people and a $12 sandwich tray feeds 6 people. How many pans of pasta and how many sandwich trays should the caterer make? \n" ); document.write( "
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p for pans
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Account for feeding people:
\n" ); document.write( "14p+6t=64 ----------check how the units work for each term to see how this makes sense. Divide left and right by 2, gives,,,
\n" ); document.write( "\"7p%2B3t=32\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Account for the money:
\n" ); document.write( "39p+12t=150 ----------again, if unsure, check how the units work.
\n" ); document.write( "Simplify this one by division by 3, rendering
\n" ); document.write( "\"13p%2B4t=50\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Solve the two simultaneous equations anyway you want.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"-%2828p%2B12t%29=-%28128%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"39p%2B12t=150\"
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\n" ); document.write( "\"11p=22\"
\n" ); document.write( "p=2 then t=?
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