document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1186107>Question 1186107</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A book costs 4 times as much a pencil. A pen costs 1 1/2 times as <BR>\n" );
document.write( "much as the pencil. Find the ratio of the cost of the pen to the total of all the<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "To avoid fractions...<BR>\n" );
document.write( "let 2x = cost of each pencil<BR>\n" );
document.write( "then (3/2)(2x) = 3x = cost of each pen<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and 4(2x)=8x = cost of a book<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Cost of all three: 2x+3x+8x=13x<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "(pen):(all three) = 3x:13x = 3:13<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "ANSWER: 3:13<br><BR>\n" );
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