document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=10125>Question 10125</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> jane buys 5 pencils and 2 rubbers for 74 pence and her brother alan buys 2 pencils and one rubber for 31 pence. if each pencil costs x and each rubber costs y , write down a pair of simultaneous equations and solve them to find the cost of the pencil and rubber.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5x+2y=74 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "each rubber=y\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "jane has 5 pencils=5x and 2 rubbers=2y;   total pence=74<BR>\n" );
document.write( "alan has 2 pencils=2x and 1 rubber=1y;    total pence=31\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5x+2y=74<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-2(2x+1y=31)         <--multiply by -2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5x+2y=74<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-4x-2y=-62\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x=12\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-2(5x+2y=74)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5(2x+1y=31) \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-10x-4y=-148<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10x+5y=155\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y=7\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a pencil costs 12 pence and a rubber costs 7 pence </SPAN>\n" );
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