document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=892755>Question 892755</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please, I need help with the following word problem regarding percentages. Can you please show your work so that I can understand the answer. Thank you:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A club has 200 members. New members pay only $12 for a yearbook, but longtime members pay $20. As a result, all of the new members buy a yearbook, but only 60% of the longtiime members buy a yearbook. How much money is collected from the purchase of yearbooks? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #540781 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=540781\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> x = long term members<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = new members<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Immediately you can form <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%2By=200 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%2By=200\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You say, \"all new members buy a yearbook\", at $20 each.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You say, too, \"60% of long termers buy...\", at $12 each .\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%2860%2F100%2912x%2B20%2Ay=r ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%2860%2F100%2912x%2B20%2Ay=r\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, using r for yearbook sales revenue.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%283%2F5%2912x%2B20y=r ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%283%2F5%2912x%2B20y=r\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This is nearly all that can be done.  THREE unknown variables, but only two equations.  You could use the member count equation to put r either in terms of x or in terms of y.  You still have r as an unknown variable.  You know also that x, y, and r will be whole numbers.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What more is in the description?  Did you want maybe a graph of r versus x or y? </SPAN>\n" );
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