document.write( "Question 1098843: The soccer team collected $800 at a car wash fundraiser. They charged $5.00 for small vehicles and $10.00 for larger vehicles. The amount collected can be modeled by the equation 5x + 10y = 800, where x represents the number of small vehicles and y represents the number of larger vehicles. If the number of larger vehicles washed was 50, how many small vehicles were washed in total?\r
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document.write( "5x + 10y = 800  and  y = 50  ====>\r\n" );
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document.write( "5x + 10*50 = 800  ====>  5x + 500 = 800  ====>  5x = 800-500 = 300  ====>  x =  = 60.\r\n" );
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