document.write( "Question 1051782: Jorge sold the last 1/9 of his newspapers for 10 cent each, which was half price.He received $1.10 for those. How much money did Jorge receive from selling the full price newspapers ? \n" ); document.write( "

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Jorge sold the last 1/9 of his newspapers for 10 cent each, which was half price. He received $1.10 for those.
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\n" ); document.write( "Find how many newspapers he sold at half price
\n" ); document.write( "1.10/.10 = 11 newspapers represent 1/9 of the total sold
\n" ); document.write( "Full price: 2(.10) = .20 cents
\n" ); document.write( " How much money did Jorge receive from selling the full price newspapers?
\n" ); document.write( "let x = total number sold
\n" ); document.write( " $\"1%2F9\"$ x = 11
\n" ); document.write( "x = 11 * 9
\n" ); document.write( "x = 99 news papers sold
\n" ); document.write( " $\"8%2F9\"$ *99 = 88 newspapers sold at full price
\n" ); document.write( ".20 * 88 = $17.60 amt for full price newspapers \n" ); document.write( "

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