document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1203188>Question 1203188</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A bakery baked 1200 cupcakes and packed them into boxes. There were 5/8 as many big boxes as small boxes. Each big box contained 7 more cupcakes than each small box. There were 240 more cupcakes packed in big boxes than in the small boxes. How many cupcakes were there in each small box? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #838547 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39617)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=838547\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> This may NOT be the most effective or neatest way to handle the problem:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "                 Boxes            CupcakesInBox   CountCupcakes\r\n" );
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document.write( "BIG BOX         (5/8)b               c+7         (5/8)b(c+7)\r\n" );
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document.write( "SMALL BOX            b                 c           bc\r\n" );
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document.write( "Total                                             1200\r\n" );
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document.write( "Simplifiable and and is system of two unknowns in two equations.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solving this\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "and then back-substituting \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Would indicate 5 cupcakes in each small box. </SPAN>\n" );
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