document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1054791>Question 1054791</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> At a store, ice cream cones cost $0.90 and sundaes cost $1.65. One day a total of 142 cones and sundaes were sold and the receipts totalled $173.55. How many cones were sold? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #670005 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=addingup><B>addingup(3677)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=addingup><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=addingup><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=670005\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> c+s = 142 subtract s on both sides<BR>\n" );
document.write( "s = 142-c we'll use this value for s below<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "0.90c+1.65s = 173.55 substitute for s<BR>\n" );
document.write( "0.90c+1.65(142-c) = 173.55<BR>\n" );
document.write( "0.90c+234.30-1.65c = 173.55<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-0.75c = -60.75 divide both sides by -0.75, remember that -/- = +<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c = 81 this is how many cones were sold. </SPAN>\n" );
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