document.write( "Question 1143373: Hand sanitizer is sold in 50ml and 200ml bottles. A chemist received 15L of the sanitizer and received in total 105 bottles. Develop and solve simultaneous equations to determine how many of each size bottle the chemist received \n" ); document.write( "
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Let \"+a+\" = number of 50 ml bottles
\n" ); document.write( "Let \"+b+\" = number of 200 ml bottles
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\n" ); document.write( "(1) \"+a+%2B+b+=+105+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(2) \"+50a+%2B+200b+=+15000+\" ( in mi )
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\n" ); document.write( "(1) \"+50a+%2B+50b+=+5250+\"
\n" ); document.write( "Subtract (1) from (2)
\n" ); document.write( "(2) \"+50a+%2B+200b+=+15000+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(1) \"+-50a+-+50b+=+-5250+\"
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\n" ); document.write( "\"+150b+=+9750+\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"+b+=+65+\"
\n" ); document.write( "and
\n" ); document.write( "(1) \"+a+%2B+65+=+105+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(1) \"+a+=+40+\"
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\n" ); document.write( "He got 40 of the 50 ml bottles
\n" ); document.write( "He got 65 of the 200 ml bottles
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\n" ); document.write( "check:
\n" ); document.write( "(2) \"+50a+%2B+200b+=+15000+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(2) \"+50%2A40+%2B+200%2A65+=+15000+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(2) \"+2000+%2B+13000+=+15000+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(2) \"+15000+=+15000+\"
\n" ); document.write( "OK
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