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\n" ); document.write( "You have $25 to spend on picking 21 pounds of three different types of apples in an orchard. The Empire apples cost $1.40 per pound, the Red delicious apples cost $1.10 per pound, and the Golden Delicious apples cost $1.30 per pound. You want twice as many Red Delicious apples as the other two kinds combined.\r
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document.write( "Let E = pounds of Empire;\r\n" );
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document.write( "    R = pounds of Red;\r\n" );
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document.write( "    G = pounds of Golden.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The equations are\r\n" );
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document.write( "    E + R + G = 21                   (total pounds)\r\n" );
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document.write( "    1.40E + 1.10R + 1.30G = 25.00    (total cost, in dollars)\r\n" );
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document.write( "    R = 2*(E + G).                   (the given constraint)\r\n" );
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