document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1160146>Question 1160146</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> At the end of the day, a pharmacist counted and found she has 4/3 as many prescriptions for antibiotics as she did for cough medicines.  She had 84 prescriptions for the two types of medicine.  How many prescriptions did she have for cough medicine?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since many students dislike working with fractions, here is another way to set up and solve this problem.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The statement of the problem says there are 4/3 as many prescriptions for antibiotics as there are for cough medicines.  A direct translation of that information into algebraic expressions would have x as the number of prescriptions for cough medicines and (4/3)x for the number of prescriptions for antibiotics.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "A different approach would be to translate the \"....4/3 as many...\" into \"...a ratio of 4:3...\".  Then we can use 3x for the number of prescriptions for cough medicines and 4x for the number of prescriptions for antibiotics.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now the algebra is easier:<br><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The number of prescriptions for cough medicines is 3x = 3(12) = 36.<br><BR>\n" );
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