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document.write( "Let # of tons of $125 hay be \"x\" ; value of that is 125x dollars.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "# of tons of $75 hay is \"100-x\" ; value of that is 75(100-x)=7500-75x dollars<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "value + value = 9000 dollars<BR>\n" );
document.write( "125x + 7500-75x = 9000<BR>\n" );
document.write( "50x = 1500<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 30 (# of tons of $125 per ton hay that must be purchased)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "100-x = 70 (# of tons of $75 per ton hay that must be purchased)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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