document.write( "Question 1068427: An art supply store is selling colored pens in packages of three or five. If the store makes packages that total forty-two pens, how many packages of each can they have? \n" ); document.write( "
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x packets having 3
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Package with 42 pens
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Look for any or all Natural Number combinations.
\n" ); document.write( "Would y=6 work?
\n" ); document.write( "Would y=3 work?
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