document.write( "Question 1050342: Mitch bought five books for $68.75. Four of the books were sports books and cost the same price. The other book was a novel and cost $7 dollars less than each of the sports books. How much did each sports book cost? \n" ); document.write( "

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Let $\"+p+\"$ = the price of one sports book
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+p+-+7+\"$ = the price of the novel
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"+4p+%2B+p+-+7+=+68.75+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+5p+=+75.75+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+p+=+15.15+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "Each sports book costs $15.15
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