document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=964025>Question 964025</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 1) A school has ordered some uniforms for students of years 7, 8, 9. Year 7 gets 42% of the uniforms; year 8 gets 5/7 of the uniforms that year 7 gets;year 9 gets 20 uniforms less than year 8. Find the total number of uniforms ordered.<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 #589105 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=macston><B>macston(5194)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=macston><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=macston><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=589105\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Year 7=42%<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Year 8=(5/7)(42%)=30%<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Year 9=100%-72%=28% <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Year 9=Year 8-20=30%-20uniforms 30%-20 uniforms=28% so 2%=20 uniforms<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Total (100%)=20/0.02=1000 uniforms<BR>\n" );
document.write( "ANSWER: The total order was 1000 uniforms. </SPAN>\n" );
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