document.write( "Question 1184694: There are files, staplers and books in a box. \"3%2F5\" of the items are
\n" ); document.write( "files. \"1%2F4\" of the remaining items are staplers and the rest are
\n" ); document.write( "books. There are 10 fewer staplers than books. The mass of a
\n" ); document.write( "book is 11 times the mass of a stapler. If each stapler has a
\n" ); document.write( "mass of 50 g, what was the total mass of all the books in grams? \n" ); document.write( "
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Let x=total # of files, staples and books
\n" ); document.write( "(3/5)x = # of files
\n" ); document.write( "1/4(x-(3/5)x)=# of staples
\n" ); document.write( "(1/10)x=# of staples
\n" ); document.write( "x-((3/5)x+(1/10)x)=number of books
\n" ); document.write( "(3/10)x= # of books
\n" ); document.write( "and we are told that:
\n" ); document.write( "(1/10)x+10=(3/10)x
\n" ); document.write( "simplify:
\n" ); document.write( "2x=100
\n" ); document.write( "x=50 total # of files, staples and books
\n" ); document.write( "(3/10)x times 50=15 number of books
\n" ); document.write( "11 times 50 times 15= total mass of books
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