document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1011034>Question 1011034</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Three dozen eggs and five loaves of bread cost $6.90; four<BR>\n" );
document.write( "dozen eggs and two loaves of bread cost $5.70. Find the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "prices for a dozen eggs and for a loaf of bread </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "bread: y<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3x+5y= 6.90 Multiply both sides times 2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x+2y= 5.70 Multiply both sides times 5 and subtract from above:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "6x+10y= 13.80<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "20x+10y= 28.50<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-14x = -14.70 divide both sides by -14<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 1.05 And now let's find y:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3(1.05)+5y= 6.90<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3.15+5y= 6.90 subtract 3.15 from both sides<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5y= 3.75 divide both sides by 5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y= 0.75<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Check:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x+5y= 6.90; 3(1.05)+5(0.75)= 6.90. We have the correct answer.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now let's see if we can prove the other equation to be true as well:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x+2y= 5.70; 4(1.05)+2(0.75)= 5.70. Again we have the correct answer.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A dozen eggs is $1.05 and a loaf of bread $0.75<BR>\n" );
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