document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1195141>Question 1195141</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Javonne purchased some art supplies and paid for<BR>\n" );
document.write( "them with a $20 bill. The cashier handed her c<BR>\n" );
document.write( "dollars in change, which was a mistake. To fix the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "mistake, Javonne returned $1.00 to the cashier. lf<BR>\n" );
document.write( "she purchase price was twice the amount of change<BR>\n" );
document.write( "that Javonne was originally given, what is the value<BR>\n" );
document.write( "of c? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Somewhere in his analysis the other tutor made a mistake....<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The purchase price was p; the amount of change Javonne originally received was c.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Since the situation was corrected by returning $1 to the cashier, the correct change was c-1.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The purchase price was twice the original amount of change, so p=2c.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The purchase price, plus the corrected amount of change, was $20:<br><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2c%2B%28c-1%29=20 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2c%2B%28c-1%29=20\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3c=21 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3c=21\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=c=7 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"c=7\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The purchase price was 2c = $14.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The original amount of change was c = $7.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The correct amount of change was c-1 = $6.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The purchase price plus the correct amount of change was $14 + $6 = $20.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "ANSWER: c, the original amount of change, was $7<br><BR>\n" );
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