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document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Computer City sells batteries ($3) and small boxes of pens ($5). In August total sales were $960. Customers bought 5 times as many batteries as boxes of pens. How many of each did computer city sell? Check your answer.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let number of pens be \"x\"; value of these is 5x dollars<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Number of batteries is 5x: value of these is 3*5x = 15x dollars<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "value + value = 960 dollars<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5x + 15x = 960<BR>\n" );
document.write( "20x = 960<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 48 (number of pens sold)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5x = 240 (number of batteries sold)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5*48 + 3*240 = 960<BR>\n" );
document.write( "240 + 720 = 960<BR>\n" );
document.write( "960 = 960<BR>\n" );
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