document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1004370>Question 1004370</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A theater group made appearances in two cities. The hotel charge before tax in the second city was <BR>\n" );
document.write( "$500<BR>\n" );
document.write( " lower than in the first. The tax in the first city was <BR>\n" );
document.write( "4%<BR>\n" );
document.write( ", and the tax in the second city was <BR>\n" );
document.write( "8%<BR>\n" );
document.write( ". The total hotel tax paid for the two cities was <BR>\n" );
document.write( "$380<BR>\n" );
document.write( ". How much was the hotel charge in each city before tax?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( ".08m-.04n=500<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2m+n=12500<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m=12500-380=$12120 was the charge in the SECOND city; $11740 was the charge in the first!!!!!!!!!!!!<BR>\n" );
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