document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=980526>Question 980526</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A person spent rs 564 buying pens and pencils. If the cost of each pen is rs 7 and each pencil is rs 3 and if the total number of things bought was 108, how many of each did he buy? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "X=number of pens; Y=number of pencils<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "X+Y=108<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Y=108-X Use this to substitute for Y below.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "rs7X+rs3Y=rs 564 Substitute for Y from above.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "rs7X+rs3(108-X)=rs 564<BR>\n" );
document.write( "rs7X+rs324-rs3X=rs 564 subtract rs 324 from each side.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "rs4X=rs 240 Divide each side by rs 4.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "X=60 ANSWER 1: The person bought 60 pens.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Y=108-X<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Y=108-60<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Y=48 ANSWER 2: The person bought 48 pencils.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "CHECK:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A person spent rs 564 buying pens and pencils.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "rs7X+rs3Y=rs 564<BR>\n" );
document.write( "rs7(60)+rs3(48)=rs 564<BR>\n" );
document.write( "rs 420+rs 144=rs 564<BR>\n" );
document.write( "rs 564=rs564<BR>\n" );
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