document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1096910>Question 1096910</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> you have $45 dollars to spend on refreshments for a party. large bags of chips cost $2.00 and soda costs $0.50. you need to buy exactly 5 times as many sodas as bags of chips. how many bags of chips and how many sodas can you buy? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #711312 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=greenestamps><B>greenestamps(13203)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=greenestamps><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=greenestamps><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=711312\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> <br>Since the number of sodas has to be 5 times the number of bags of chips, the solution is much easier if you make \"unit\"s of 5 sodas and 1 bag of chips.  The cost of one such unit is 5($0.50)+$2.00 = $4.50.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "If you spend $45 on those \"units\", it is clear that you need 10 of them.  So what you buy is 10 bags of chips and 50 sodas. </SPAN>\n" );
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