document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1104626>Question 1104626</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Need full answer asap please, thank you so much!\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Linda bought a desktop computer and a laptop computer. Before finance charges, the laptop cost <BR>\n" );
document.write( "$150<BR>\n" );
document.write( " more than the desktop. She paid for the computers using two different financing plans. For the desktop the interest rate was <BR>\n" );
document.write( "7%<BR>\n" );
document.write( " per year, and for the laptop it was <BR>\n" );
document.write( "5.5%<BR>\n" );
document.write( " per year. The total finance charges for one year were <BR>\n" );
document.write( "$227<BR>\n" );
document.write( ". How much did each computer cost before finance charges? \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "DESKTOP: $?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "LAPTOP: $? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #719342 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><B>Theo(13342)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><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=Theo><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=719342\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> let x = the cost of the desktop.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "let x + 150 = the cost of the laptop.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the finance charge on the desktop was 7%.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the finance charge on the laptop was 5.5%.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the total finance charge for 1 year was 227.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "your equation is .07 * x + .055 * (x + 150) = 227\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "simplify to get .07 * x + .055 * x + .055 * 150 = 227\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "combine like terms and simplify further to get .125 * x + 8.25 = 227\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "subtract 8.25 from both sides of the equation to get .125 * x = 218.75\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "solve for x to get x = 218.75 / .125 = 1750\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "that's the cost of the desktop.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the cost of the laptop is 150 more than that = 1900\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( ".07 * 1750 + .055 * 1900 = 227.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "solution is confirmed to be good.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "desktop cost 1750 and laptop cost 1900 before finance charges.\r<BR>\n" );
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