document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1014066>Question 1014066</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A local Computer City sells batteries ($4) and small boxes of pens ($6). In August, total sales were $930. Customers bought 6 times as many batteries as boxes of pens. How many of each did Computer City sell? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "b = 6p<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4b + 6p = 930<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Substitute for \"b\" and solve for \"p\"::<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4(6p) + 6p = 930<BR>\n" );
document.write( "30p = 930<BR>\n" );
document.write( "p = 31 (# of boxes of pens sold)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b = 6p<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b = 6*31 = 186 (# of batteries sold)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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