document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1126335>Question 1126335</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> a grocery shopper bought 6 ib of steak and 20 ib of groundbeef the steak cost $5/ib more than the groundbeef and the total bill was $82 what was the price per pound for each type of meat?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "6 pounds of steak<BR>\n" );
document.write( "20 pounds of groundbeef\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Steak costs $5 more per pound. If x is the cost per pound of groundbeef, then x+5 is the cost per pound of steak.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(amount of steak)*(cost per pound of steak)+(amount of ground beef)*(cost per pound of ground beef) = total bill<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(6 pounds)*(x+5 dollars)+(20 pounds)*(x dollars) = 82<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6(x+5)+20x = 82<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6x+30+20x = 82<BR>\n" );
document.write( "26x+30 = 82<BR>\n" );
document.write( "26x+30-30 = 82-30 .......... subtract 30 from both sides<BR>\n" );
document.write( "26x = 52<BR>\n" );
document.write( "26x/26 = 52/26 .............. divide both sides by 26<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If x = 2, then,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+5 = 2+5 = 7\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<font color=red>It costs $2 per pound for ground beef, and it costs $7 per pound for steak</font>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Check:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(amount of steak)*(cost per pound of steak)+(amount of ground beef)*(cost per pound of ground beef) = total bill<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(6 pounds)*(7 dollars per pound)+(20 pounds)*(2 dollars per pound) = 82<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(6*7) + (20*2) = 82<BR>\n" );
document.write( "42 + 40 = 82<BR>\n" );
document.write( "82 = 82<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Solution has been confirmed<BR>\n" );
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