document.write( "Question 794246: At a local fruit shop, tomatoes are sold at 24c each and pears are sold at 28c each. Keryn bought 8 more pears than tomatoes and paid the fruiterer $3.80. How many pears and tomatoes did she buy? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #480609 by josgarithmetic(39618)\"\" \"About 
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NOTE: MISTAKE FOUND AND EXAMINED BUT SOLUTION NOT YET FULLY FIXED. See solution and see below.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "x how many tomatos
\n" ); document.write( "y how many pears\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Description gives \"x=8%2By\"___________(THIS IS THE MISTAKE)\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Accounting for cost: \"24x%2B28y=380\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Here, I'm using all money units as cents.
\n" ); document.write( "Reforming the count relation between x and y,
\n" ); document.write( "\"x-y=8\", but maybe easier is make a substitution for x instead INTO the cost account equation.
\n" ); document.write( "\"24%288%2By%29%2B28y=380\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"24%2A8%2B24y%2B28y=380\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"52y%2B24%2A8=380+\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"52y=380-24%2A8=380-2%2A96=380-192\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"52y=188\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"y=188%2F52\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"y=3.6\" cents--------------(believe, mistake identified)
\n" ); document.write( "\"x=11.6\" cents?\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The idea is good, but there may be a mistake. I post anyway, and maybe will check back later.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "Mistake seems to be relation between pears and tomatos.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "tomatos+8=pears, for eight more pears than tomatos.
\n" ); document.write( "x+8=y, based on how I assigned the variables.
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