document.write( "Question 1203169: Benjamin went shopping with 15 more ten-dollar notes than two-dollar notes. He paid $270 for a jacket with some ten-dollar notes. In the end, the number of ten-dollar notes he had left was 1/3 of the number of two-dollar notes he had left. How much money did he have at first? \n" ); document.write( "

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Benjamin went shopping with 15 more ten-dollar notes than two-dollar
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document.write( "Let x = the number of two-dollar notes he had at first.\r\n" );
document.write( "Let y = the number of ten-dollar notes he had at first.\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "...15 more ten-dollar notes than two-dollar notes...
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document.write( "So y = x+15\r\n" );
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document.write( "After buying the jacket he had y-27 ten-dollar notes.\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "In the end, the number of ten-dollar notes he had left was 1/3 of the number
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document.write( "So in the end he had x two-dollar notes because he didn't spend any.\r\n" );
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document.write( "   y-27 = (1/3)x\r\n" );
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document.write( "x+15-27 = (1/3)x\r\n" );
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document.write( "   x-12 = (1/3)x\r\n" );
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document.write( "  3x-36 = x\r\n" );
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document.write( "     2x = 36\r\n" );
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document.write( "      x = 18\r\n" );
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document.write( "y = x+15 = 18+15 = 33\r\n" );
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document.write( "He had 18 two-dollar notes and 33 ten-dollar notes at first.\r\n" );
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