document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=99626>Question 99626</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0131492624/algebrahomeworkh></A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A BANANNA PEEL WEIGHS 1/8 OF THE TOTAL WEIGHT OF A BANANA. IF AN UNPEELED BANANA BALANCES A PEELED BANANA OF THE SAME WEIGHT PLUS 7/8 OF AN OUNCE, HOW MUCH DOES A BANANNA WITH THE PEEL WIEGH? I FIGURED ONE OUNCE BUT I KNOW I AM WRONG. ALSO I THINK THE EQUATION MIGHT LOOK LIKE THIS BUT IT MAY BE WRONG. 7/8X+X=1/8 OR X=1/8+7/8X PLEASE HELP THANKS.  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x=total weight of an unpeeled banana\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A banana peel weighs (1/8)x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A peeled banana weighs x-(1/8)x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now we are told that an unpeeled banana (x) balances a peeled banana of the same weight (x-(1/8)x) plus 7/8 of an ounce.  So our equation to solve is:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x=x-(1/8)x+7/8  multiply each term by 8\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "8x=8x-x+7  start collecting like terms<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8x=7x+7 subtract 7x from both sides\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "8x-7x=7x-7x+7  collect like terms\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x=7 oz----------------weight of an unpeeled banana\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "CK\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "7=7-(1/8)*7+7/8  multiply each term by 8\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "56=56-7+7\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "56=56\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hope this helps---ptaylor </SPAN>\n" );
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