document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=788735>Question 788735</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> IF Taylor buys a dozen pieces of fruit for 99 cents. If an apple piece cost 3 cents more than on orange piece and she buys more apples than oranges, how many pieces of each type of fruit did she buy.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #478591 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39617)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><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=478591\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A for number of Apples<BR>\n" );
document.write( "N for number of Oranges (as in \"naranjas\").\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A+N=12, total of 12 pieces of fruit.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Price for orange is y, units of CENTS.  Price for apple is x.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=3+y in units of CENTS.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "ACCOUNTING for the cost, x*A+y*N=99;<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y=%2899-3A%29%2F%28A%2BN%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y=%2899-3A%29%2F%28A%2BN%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >-----Use this to check the possible combinations for A and B.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "We are given the restriction, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=A%3EN ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"A%3EN\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > and we must have A and N as WHOLE numbers.  We can check a few possible values for A and N, starting with A=7 & B=5 and continue checking, finding y for each pair of A and B, and reject any value of y that does not make sense.    </SPAN>\n" );
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