document.write( "Question 1186988: A man spent P6.00 for a certain set of items. If the price per item were
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document.write( "Let x be the price, in dollars.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The condition says\r\n" );
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document.write( "     -  = 2.\r\n" );
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document.write( "To simplify, divide both sides by 2\r\n" );
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document.write( "     -  = 1.    (1)\r\n" );
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document.write( "At this point, you may guess the answer MENTALLY:  x = 0.50 dollars per item.\r\n" );
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document.write( "ANSWER.  The price per item is $0.50.  The number of items bought is   = 6.\r\n" );
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document.write( "CHECK.  I will check equation (1).\r\n" );
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document.write( "        Its left side is   -  = 6 - 5 = 1.    ! Correct !\r\n" );
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