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document.write( "Two dozen eggs and a loaf of bread cost k4.82 . Half a dozen eggs and two loaves of bread cost k2.29. Find the cost of a loaf of bread.\r\n" );
document.write( "Let the cost of one dozen eggs be x, and one loaf of bread be y.\r\n" );
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document.write( " ----> (1)\r\n" );
document.write( " ----> (2)\r\n" );
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document.write( "Multiplying (2) by 4, to eliminate x,\r\n" );
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document.write( " -----> (3)\r\n" );
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document.write( "Subtracting (1) from (3),\r\n" );
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document.write( "7*y = 4.34 ----> (4)\r\n" );
document.write( "y = 4.34/7 = 0.62k\r\n" );
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document.write( "Cost of a loaf of bread = k\r\n" );
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document.write( "Hope this helps :)\r\n" );
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