document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1188019>Question 1188019</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hi<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Edmund bought some packs of cookies. A small pack costs $4, a medium pack costs $6 and a large pack costs $8 . 1/3 of the packs were small. He bought 1/5 more medium packs than small. The remaining were large. If he spent 180 dollars, how many packs of each did he buy.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The problem is faulty.  The numbers of packs of each size must be whole numbers, which they are not with the given information.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let x be the total number of packs.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "1/3 of the packs were small:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%281%2F3%29x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%281%2F3%29x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = number of small packs<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The number of medium packs was 1/5 more than the number of small packs -- i.e., 6/5 times as many:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%286%2F5%29%281%2F3%29x+=+%282%2F5%29x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%286%2F5%29%281%2F3%29x+=+%282%2F5%29x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = number of medium packs<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The rest of the packs were large:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x+-+%281%2F3%29x+-+%282%2F5%29x+=+%2815%2F15%29x-%285%2F15%29x-%286%2F15%29x+=+%284%2F15%29x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x+-+%281%2F3%29x+-+%282%2F5%29x+=+%2815%2F15%29x-%285%2F15%29x-%286%2F15%29x+=+%284%2F15%29x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = number of large packs<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The total cost is then<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=4%28%281%2F3%29x%29%2B6%28%282%2F5%29x%29%2B8%28%284%2F15%29x%29+=+%28%284%2F3%29%2B%2812%2F5%29%2B%2832%2F15%29%29x+=+%28%2820%2B36%2B32%29%2F15%29x+=+%2888%2F15%29x+=+180 ALIGN=MIDDLE   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%2888%2F15%29x=180 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%2888%2F15%29x=180\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=88x=2700 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"88x=2700\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x=2700%2F88 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x=2700%2F88\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "That is not a whole number....<br><BR>\n" );
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