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document.write( "To make a profit of 33 &#8531; % on cost, a bicycle must be sold for $240. What is the cost price of the bicycle?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x = cost of the bicycle,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So x + x/3 = 240, multiply both sides by 3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x + x = 720<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x = 720<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 180<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The cost of the bicycle is $180. </SPAN>\n" );
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