document.write( "Question 975356: A web music store offers two versions of a popular song. The size of the standard version is 2.5 megabytes (MB). The size of the high-quality version is 4.9 MB. Yesterday, there were 710 downloads of the song, for a total download size of 2279 MB. How many downloads of the high-quality version were these? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #597141 by Boreal(15235)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! x= the standard version \n" ); document.write( "y=the 4.9 version\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "x+y=710\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "2.5x + 4.9 y=2279\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "multiply first by (-2.5) \n" ); document.write( "-2.5x-2.5y = -1775;; Now add the first and the second to eliminate x.\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "2.4 y=504;;; divide both sides by 2.4 \n" ); document.write( "y=210 of the 4.9 MB \n" ); document.write( "x=500 of the 2.5 MB\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Check \n" ); document.write( "210*4.9=1029 \n" ); document.write( "500*2.5=1250 \n" ); document.write( "Total is 2279 , all units are MB \n" ); document.write( " |