document.write( "Question 855459: Hi, here's my question: In a sale, a mouse and an elephant together were sold for the price of £97. If the elephant cost £27 more than the mouse. How much did the mouse cost? Thank you for helping me! \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "In a sale, a mouse and an elephant together were sold for the price of £97. If the elephant cost £27 more than the mouse. How much did the mouse cost?\r\n" );
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document.write( "Let cost of mouse be M pounds. Then cost of elephant = M + 27\r\n" );
document.write( "Total cost = M + M + 27 = 97\r\n" );
document.write( "i.e. 2M = 70 or M = 35\r\n" );
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document.write( "Cost of mouse = 35 pounds, and elephant is 62 pounds.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Hope this helps :)\r\n" );
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