document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1151064>Question 1151064</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Pre-orders for the year cost $38 each, while full price costs $45 each. If 24 students in Mr. Hillmans homeroom purchased yearbooks for a total of $975, how many students pre-ordered and how many bought their yearbook at full price ? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Here is a quick way to solve this problem and many similar problems without algebra -- if, of course, an algebraic solution is not required.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "(1) If all 24 students had purchased the yearbooks with pre-orders, the total cost would have been 24 times $38, or $912.  That is $975-$912 = $63 less than the actual total.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(2) Each full price order costs $45-$38 = $7 more than a pre-order.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(3) The number of full price orders required to make up the additional $63 is $63/$7 = 9.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "ANSWER:  9 students paid full price; so 24-9=15 students bought the yearbooks with pre-orders.<br><BR>\n" );
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