document.write( "Question 1182018: Mia must buy some chocolates, roses, and ballons to sell. She has $3000 to spend on $25 cchocolates, $35 roses, and $25 ballons. She also wants to buy 100 items in total. She also wants the combined number of chocolates and balloons to be equal to that of roses. How many of each item should she buy? \n" ); document.write( "

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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "@josgarithmetic derived a system of 3 equation in 3 unknowns.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "@greenestamps showed you that the problem does not admit a unique solution.\r
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