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document.write( "Isaac bought some books and magazines. The number of books he bought was 1 1/4 times
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document.write( "the number of magazines. After he packed the books into bundles of 10 and the magazines into bundles of 6,
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document.write( "he found that he 2 more bundles of magazines than books. How many books did he buy?
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document.write( "Let x be number of magazines; then the number of books was 1.25x.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The number of bundles for books is  .\r\n" );
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document.write( "The number of bundles for magazines is  .\r\n" );
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document.write( "The difference of bundles was 2, which gives you this equation\r\n" );
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document.write( " - = 2.\r\n" );
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document.write( "To solve it, multiply both sides by 60. You will get\r\n" );
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document.write( " 10x - 7.5x = 120\r\n" );
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document.write( " 2.5x = 120\r\n" );
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document.write( " x = 120/2.5 = 48.\r\n" );
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document.write( "So, there were 48 magazines and 48 * 1 1/4 = 60 books.\r\n" );
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document.write( "ANSWER. 60 books.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Solved.\r
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