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document.write( "A bookstore has a clearance shelf with $3 books and $5 books. On Sat the bookstore sold 96 of the clearance books for a total of $400. How many of the $3 books were sold?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " x +  y =  96,    (1)   (the total amount of books)\r\n" );
document.write( "3x + 5y = 400.    (2)   (the \"value\" equation).\r\n" );
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document.write( "Solve by any method you know.\r\n" );
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