document.write( "Question 1204055: Assume that a current exchange rate ,the British pound is worth 1.65 in American dollars.you have some dollar bills and several British pound coins.there are 17 items all together,which have a value of 21.55 in American dollars.how many American dollars and how many British pound coins do you have?
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document.write( "Let x be the number of British pound coins.\r\n" );
document.write( "Then the number of American dollar bills is (17-x).\r\n" );
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document.write( "Write the value equation in American dollars\r\n" );
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document.write( "    1.65x + (17-x) = 21.55  dollars.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Simplify and find x\r\n" );
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document.write( "    1.65x + 17 - x = 21.55\r\n" );
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document.write( "    1.65x - x = 21.55 - 17\r\n" );
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document.write( "       0.65x  =    4.55\r\n" );
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document.write( "           x  =    4.55/0.65 = 7.\r\n" );
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document.write( "ANSWER.  There are 7 British pound coins and the rest, 17-7 = 10, are American one-dollar bills.\r\n" );
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