document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1025835>Question 1025835</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A postal clerk sold 40 stamps for $5.40. Some were 10-cent stamps and some were 15-cent stamps. How many 10-cent stamps were there? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #715842 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=amalm06><B>amalm06(224)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-09.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=amalm06><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=amalm06><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=715842\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Let S1=10-cent stamps and S2=15-cent stamps\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If 40 stamps cost $5.40, then 1 stamp cost 0.135\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Using the method of alligation,\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "0.135-0.10=0.035\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "0.15-0.135=0.015\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So that S1/S2=0.015/0.035\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Then S1=(0.015/0.05)(40)=12 10-cent stamps (Answer)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "S2=40-12=28 15-cent stamps (Answer)  </SPAN>\n" );
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