document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1034697>Question 1034697</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Mary Jo spends $1,860 to buy stock in two companies. She pays $15 a share to one of the companies and $26 a share to the other. If she ends up with a total of 80 shares, how many shares did she buy at $15 a share and how many did she buy at $26 a share?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "She bought <BR>\n" );
document.write( " shares at $15 and <BR>\n" );
document.write( " shares at $26.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I am so confused!!! </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let's let x be the number of shares she bought at $15.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then the number of shares she bought at $26 must be 80-x.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The setup then looks like this:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "15x + 26(80-x) = 1860<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now solve for x...we get<BR>\n" );
document.write( "15x + 2080 - 26x = 1860<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-11x  = -220<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 20 shares at $15 so that<BR>\n" );
document.write( "80-x = 60 shares at $26 each<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now, that wasn't so bad, was it? </SPAN>\n" );
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