document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1180977>Question 1180977</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A shop sells calculators and phones.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2/3  of the calculators is equal to 6/11 of the phones in the shop.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "There are a total of 260 phones and calculators in the shop.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Each calculator at the shop cost the shopkeeper $18.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If the shopkeeper sells all the calculators at a price of $23.45 each, how much will he earn? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "A key to one way to solve a problem like this, in which the given information is that 2/3 of the calculators is equal to 6/11 of the phones, is to rewrite the two fractions with like NUMERATORS.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "2/3 = 6/9<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "So 6/9 of the calculators is equal to 6/11 of the phones.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "That means there are 9 calculators for every 11 phones.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "So let the numbers of calculators be 9x and the number of phones be 11x.  The total number of calculators and phones is 260:<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "9x+11x=260<BR>\n" );
document.write( "20x=260<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=13<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "number of calculators: 9(13)=117<BR>\n" );
document.write( "number of phones: 11(13)=143<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The profit for selling each calculator is $23.45-$18 = $5.45.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The profit from selling 117 calculators is 117($5.45) = $637.65.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "It must be assumed, from the way the problem is presented, that \"how much will he earn\" is asking for the profit he gets from selling the calculators -- not considering the phones.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "ANSWER: $637.65<br><BR>\n" );
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