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document.write( "    Sheffield’s total sales were $1,080.  People bought three times as many pots as dishes.  How many dishes did Sheffield sell? \r\n" );
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document.write( "Let x be the number of dishes.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then the number of pots is  3x,  according to the condition.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Thus your \"money\" equation is\r\n" );
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document.write( "    dishes + pots    = total revenue,      or\r\n" );
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document.write( "    12*x   + 14*(3x) = 1080   dollars.\r\n" );
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document.write( "    12x + 42x = 1080\r\n" );
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document.write( "    56x = 1080\r\n" );
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document.write( "    x = 1080/54 = 20.\r\n" );
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document.write( "ANSWER.  20 dishes.\r\n" );
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