document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=910257>Question 910257</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help, I have no Idea.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Every Year the price of pots, regardless of size, increase by $2 per Year. If the Cost of buying 4 large pots and 6 small pots was $112 three year ago and it will cost $124 to buy 2 large pots and 5 small pots the next year, use simultaneous to determine the present day cost of each type of pot. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #552328 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=552328\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Let b = price of a big pot NOW;<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let c = price of a small pot NOW.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Price increases by $2 each year, meaning price was decreased by 2 dollars each year going<BR>\n" );
document.write( "back in time year by year.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "PRICES ACCORDING TO TIME<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "____________________3 year ago________now__________next year<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Big pot_____________b-3*2_____________b____________b+2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Small pot___________c-3*2_____________c____________c+2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "COST three years ago, 4 big and 6 small<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "COST in the next year, 2 big and 5 small<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Simplify each of the linear equations in the variables, b and c, and solve the system of equations.<BR>\n" );
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