document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=840397>Question 840397</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> On a fishing trip, Mariko caught 24 fish. She caught soem rockfish weighing about 2.5lbs EACH and some blue fish about 8lbs EACH. The total weight of fish was 137lbs. How many of each fish did she catch.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "These need to be solved using systems of equations.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Added \"EACH\" because this is what you meant; that rockfish are 2.5 pounds per fish and blues are 8 pounds per fish.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "r for rock fish count<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b for blue fish count\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight_green%28r%2Bb=24%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight_green%28r%2Bb=24%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > accounts for fish count.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight_green%282.5r%2B8b=137%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight_green%282.5r%2B8b=137%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > accounts for pounds of fish.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "That is the system to solve for r and b.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Putting into whole coefficients, the pound account is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight_green%285r%2B16b=274%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight_green%285r%2B16b=274%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "SYSTEM easier to use as<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "r+b=24<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5r+16b=274<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Elimination Method without explanation:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=10b=274-120 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"10b=274-120\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=10b=154 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"10b=154\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=b=15.4 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"b=15.4\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > But we cannot really allow for nonwhole numbers of fish unless some practical reason would make this possible.  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight%28b=15%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight%28b=15%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >;<BR>\n" );
document.write( "recall in the description, \"about 8 pounds\", and \"about 2.5 pounds\".\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Expect that <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight%28r=9%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight%28r=9%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > of the rock fish. </SPAN>\n" );
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