document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1182235>Question 1182235</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Tasha Spellman owns two small appliance parts shops.  This year the telephone bill for her Hesperia shop was $630 less than twice the telephone bill for her Diamond Springs shop.  The total telephone expense for both shops was $1989.  What was the cost of each shop's telephone service for the year?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The yearly bill for the Diamond Springs shop was $<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The yearly bill for the Hesperia shop was $<BR>\n" );
document.write( "nothing. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "yearly bill for the Diamond Springs shop be  $ x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "yearly bill for the Hesperia shop will be  $2x-630\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " The total telephone expense for both shops was $1989.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+2x-630= 1989<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x=1989+630<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x=2619<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x= 873\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The yearly bill for the Diamond Springs shop was $ 873<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The yearly bill for the Hesperia shop was $ <BR>\n" );
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