document.write( "Question 1125303: Amy and Brian go to shop to buy a bag. However, Amy is 200 short, and Brian is 2400 short. Even if they combine their money, they still can't afford the bag. How many pesos does the bag cost? \n" ); document.write( "

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\n" ); document.write( "Amy and Brian go to shop to buy a bag. However, Amy is 200 $\"highlight%28pesos%29\"$ short, and Brian is 2400 $\"highlight%28pesos%29\"$ short.
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\n" ); document.write( "            It is a classic entertainment problem, but in your post it is posed INCORRECTLY.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "            With this condition the problem HAS NO a unique solution.\r
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document.write( "The logic behind this problem is THIS:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Let the bag costs C pesos.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then, according to the condition,  \r\n" );
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document.write( "    Anmy has  (C-200)    pesos;\r\n" );
document.write( "    Brian has  (C-2400)  pesos;\r\n" );
document.write( "    Together, they have (2C-2600) pesos,\r\n" );
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document.write( "    and it is still not enough, i.e.  2C-2600 < C.     (*)\r\n" );
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document.write( "From this inequality, you only can say that  C < 2600.\r\n" );
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document.write( "You can also add that  C > 2400.\r\n" );
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document.write( "So, the compound inequality  2400 < C < 2600  is ALL that we can extract from this condition.\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Had the condition says, instead of (*), how much they are short together, then it would create an additional equation
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