document.write( "Question 1176104: A grocer buys lettuce for $5.20 a crate. Of the lettuce he buys, 10% cannot be sold. If he charges $.40 for each head he sells and makes a profit of 10% on each head of lettuce he buys, how many heads of lettuce are in a crate?\r
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document.write( ".40(.90x) = 5.20 + .10x\r\n" );
document.write( "  .26x = 5.20\r\n" );
document.write( "x = 20 ,the number of heads of lettuce there are in a crate.\r\n" );
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