document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=892101>Question 892101</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The caribbean paradise has 12 more deluxe staterooms than the Pacific. The Mediterranean has15 fewer deluxe staterooms than the Pacific. The total of the three is 525. What is the number for each?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #540277 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39617)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=540277\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> c = count of rooms for Caribbean Paradise<BR>\n" );
document.write( "p = rooms for Pacific<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m = rooms for Mediterranean\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=c=12%2Bp ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"c=12%2Bp\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >;<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=m=-15%2Bp ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"m=-15%2Bp\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >;<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=c%2Bp%2Bm=525 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"c%2Bp%2Bm=525\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The c and m equations:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "p=c-12 and p=m+15<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=c-m=15%2B12 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"c-m=15%2B12\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight_green%28c-m=27%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight_green%28c-m=27%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Substitute for p in the \"525\" equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=c%2B%28m%2B15%29%2Bm=525 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"c%2B%28m%2B15%29%2Bm=525\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >-----( the equation p=c-12 could have been used instead )<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=c%2B2m%2B15=525 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"c%2B2m%2B15=525\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight_green%28c%2B2m=510%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight_green%28c%2B2m=510%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Use those two green-outlined equations.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=c%2B2m-%28c-m%29=510-27 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"c%2B2m-%28c-m%29=510-27\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > -------using Elimination Method to handle this part<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3m=483 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3m=483\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=m=483%2F3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"m=483%2F3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This is one part of the solution.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Use m to find the values for p and c.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This problem could be handled in many ways.  You could also use matrices.<BR>\n" );
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