document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1005209>Question 1005209</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> jamie made a veggie tray for her friend's birthday party. It had celery $1.25/stalk and corrots cost $.95/bunch. It was a big party, so sher purchased 18 veggies and paid $20.40. Write a system of equations and solve it. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Make celery = x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Make carrots = y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x + y = 18.......(1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "125x + 95x = 2040.......(20<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Multiply Eq (1) by 125<BR>\n" );
document.write( "125x + 125y = 2250......(1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "125x + 95y = 2040.......(2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Subtract Eq (2) from (1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "......30y = 210<BR>\n" );
document.write( "......y = 210/30<BR>\n" );
document.write( "......y = 7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Substitute y = 7 into Equation (1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x + y = 18<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x + 7 = 18<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 18 - 7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 11<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Jamie bought 11 stalks of celery<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and 7 bunches of carrots.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Hope this helps :-) </SPAN>\n" );
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