document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=989199>Question 989199</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hello, can the following problem be solved using LCM or GCF? If not can you show how to solve it with algebra? Thank you\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A dining table cost $79.20 more than a chair. A chair cost $29.20 more than a stool. David bought 5 of each item and paid $922 in all. What is the cost of each stool. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Neither LCM nor GCF have anything to do with this problem.  Let <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\"> represent the cost of a stool.  Then the cost of a chair is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\ +\ 29.20\"> and the cost of a table is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\ +\ 29.20\ +\ 79.20\ =\ x\ +\ 108.40\">. Then since the cost for 5 each is 922,\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 5x\ +\ 5(x\ +\ 29.20)\ +\ 5(x\ +\ 108.40)\ =\ 922\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve for <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi}\ +\ 1\ =\ 0\"><BR>\n" );
document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it\r<BR>\n" );
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