document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1087846>Question 1087846</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Solve the problem using the&#8203; six-step method.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A pharmacist found at the end of the day she had<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3/2  as many prescriptions for antibiotics as tranquilizers. She had 40 prescriptions altogether. How many did she have for? tranquilizers?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "she had ? tranquilizer prescriptions. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "3/2 as many prescriptions for antibiotics as tranquilizers. She had 40 prescriptions altogether. How many did she have for? tranquilizers? <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a = antibiotics<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t = tranquilizers<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t = 3/2a<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a+t = 40<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a+3/2a = 40<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5/2a = 40<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a = (40*2)/5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a = 80/5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a = 16<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You figure out the tranquilizers (40-a)\r<BR>\n" );
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