document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1016510>Question 1016510</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A bookstore sells paperback books for $5.95 each and hardcover books for $19.75 each. Last Tuesday, 86 books were sold for a total of $939.50. How many of each paperback and hardcover books were sold? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "P=number of paperbacks; H=number of hardcover books<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "P+H=86<BR>\n" );
document.write( "P=86-H . Use this to substitute for P below.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "$5.95P+$19.75H=$939.50 . Substitute for P from above. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "$5.95(86-H)=$19.75H=$939.50<BR>\n" );
document.write( "$511.70-$5.95H+$19.75H=$939.50<BR>\n" );
document.write( "$13.80H=$427.80<BR>\n" );
document.write( "H=31<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "ANSWER 1: 31 hardcover books were sold.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "P=86-H=86-31=55<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "ANSWER 2: 55 paperback books were sold.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "CHECK:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "$5.95P+$19.75H=$939.50<BR>\n" );
document.write( "$5.95(55)+$19.75(31)=$939.50<BR>\n" );
document.write( "$327.25+$612.25=$939.50<BR>\n" );
document.write( "$939.50=$939.50<BR>\n" );
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