document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=960241>Question 960241</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The cost of a pencil is 25 cents more than the cost of a eraser. if the cost of 8 pencils and 10 eraser is $12.80, find the cost of each. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "e = cost of an eraser\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "p = e + 0.25<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8p + 10e = 12.80\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Plug in the first equation into the second.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "8(e + 0.25) + 10e = 12.80<BR>\n" );
document.write( "18e = 12.78<BR>\n" );
document.write( "e = 0.71\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "An eraser costs 71 cents and a pencil costs 96 cents. </SPAN>\n" );
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