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document.write( "Irene bought 10 pens with 2/5 of her money. If she bought another 24 pens then she would need $18 more. What is the amount of money she had left after buying the 10 pens. <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "v, amount of Irene's money before she buys.\r\n" );
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document.write( "PRICE       BOUGHT         COST\r\n" );
document.write( "             10            (2/5)v\r\n" );
document.write( "             24+10        18+(2/5)v\r\n" );
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document.write( "The price of the two buys must be the same.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=34v=10v%2B450 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"34v=10v%2B450\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=24v=450 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"24v=450\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight_green%28v=18.75%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight_green%28v=18.75%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >---------Irene's initial amount of money\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1-pen price, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%282%2F5%29%2818.75%29%2F10=%281%2F25%29%2818.75%29=highlight_green%280.75%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%282%2F5%29%2818.75%29%2F10=%281%2F25%29%2818.75%29=highlight_green%280.75%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cost for 10 pens was <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=0.75%2A10=7.5%2Adollars ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"0.75%2A10=7.5%2Adollars\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "She still had  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=18.75-7.5=highlight%2811.25%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"18.75-7.5=highlight%2811.25%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >   dollars after buying the first ten pens.\r<BR>\n" );
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