document.write( "Question 1150152: If 6 teddy bears and 5 model planes cost $162 and 5 teddy bears and 6 model planes cost $168, how much will 1 teddy bear and 1 model plane cost? \n" ); document.write( "

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\n" ); document.write( "Note that the problem does NOT ask you to find the cost of each model plane and each teddy bear. It only asks you to find the cost of one of each.

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document.write( "   5m +  6t = 162\r\n" );
document.write( "   6m +  5t = 168\r\n" );
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document.write( "  11m + 11t = 330\r\n" );
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document.write( "  11m/11 + 11t/11 = 330/11\r\n" );
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document.write( "  m + t = 30

\n" ); document.write( "ANSWER: The cost of one model plane and one teddy bear is $30.
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