document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1147904>Question 1147904</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Roger bought some turkey and some roast beef for the soccer club picnic.  He paid $150 for a total of 20 pounds of meat. The turkey cost $6 per pound,  and the roast beef cost $5 per pound.  Which system of equations could be used to correctly determine how many pounds of each type of meat Roger purchased? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Roger bought some turkey and some roast beef for the soccer club picnic.  He paid $150 for a total of 20 pounds of meat. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "The turkey cost $6 per pound,  and the roast beef cost $5 per pound.  <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Which system of equations could be used to correctly determine how many pounds of each type of meat Roger purchased?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Usually, and as a rule, &nbsp;writing such a system to such a problem is traditionally considered \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "as absolutely clear, &nbsp;trivial and self-evident action.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "But in your problem input data make the solution &nbsp;IMPOSSIBLE&nbsp;in real positive numbers &nbsp;(!)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Notice that even &nbsp;20 &nbsp;pound of turkey at &nbsp;$6 &nbsp;per pound cost only &nbsp;$120 &nbsp;dollars, &nbsp;which is &nbsp;LESS &nbsp;than &nbsp;$150.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore, &nbsp;the solution does not exist in positive real numbers.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "FAKE &nbsp;PROBLEM &nbsp;(!)\r<BR>\n" );
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