document.write( "Question 1194914: Lucy paid a total of $550 for a brooch, a necklace and a watch. She spent 3/5 money on the brooch. The necklace cost 3 times as much as the watch. How much did she pay for the necklace? \n" ); document.write( "

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\n" ); document.write( "Lucy paid a total of $550 for a brooch, a necklace and a watch.
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document.write( "To simplify the problem, subtract the cost of the broch from $550.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The rest is 2/5 of $550, which is $220.\r\n" );
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document.write( "So, the necklace and the watch cost together $220, and the necklace costs 3 times as much as the watch.\r\n" );
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document.write( "From it, using your mental skills, you conclude that the necklace costs 3/4 of $220, or 3*55 = 165 dollars.    ANSWER\r\n" );
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document.write( "Alternatively, if you rely more to equations than on your mental skills,\r\n" );
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document.write( "you can write x + 3x = 220 and solve it for x, which is the price for the watch.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Doing this way, you get that the watch costs x= 55 dollars and the necklace costs 3x = 3*55 = 165 dollars, \r\n" );
document.write( "giving the same answer.\r\n" );
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