document.write( "Question 1201899: A store sells tents, sleeping bags, and camp stools. A customer buys a tent, 5 sleeping bags, and 2 camp stools for $231. The cost of the sleeping bag is $21 more than the cost of a camp stool. Find the cost of each item. \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Let x be the price for a camp chair (in dollars).\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then the price for each sleeping bag is (x+21) dollar;\r\n" );
document.write( "5 sleeping bags cost 5(x+21) dollars.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Let y be the price for the tent.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then we have one single equation for the total cost\r\n" );
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document.write( "    x + 5(x+21) + y = 231,\r\n" );
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document.write( "    6x + 105 + y = 231,\r\n" );
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document.write( "    6x + y = 231 - 105\r\n" );
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document.write( "    6x + y =   126.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Thus we have one equation for two unknowns.\r\n" );
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document.write( "It is not enough to find two unknowns.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The conclusion is that the problem is INCOMPLETE: it does not provide enough information to be solved.\r\n" );
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document.write( "ANSWER.  The problem is INCOMPLETE: it does not provide enough information to be solved.\r\n" );
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