document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1204128>Question 1204128</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> An investor bought 300 shares of stock, some at $2.00 per share and some at $3.25 per share. If the total cost was $756.25, how many shares of each stock did the investor buy? (Round to two decimal places if necessary.)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let number of shares at $2.00  be x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "And  number of shares at $3,25   be y\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The investor bought 300 shares of stock, \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So, x+y = 300.....................................................(1)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " the total cost was $756.25,\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2x+3.25y = 756.25..............................................(2)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now x+y = 300 multiply by 2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2x+2y = 600<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x+3.25y = 756.25   Subtract the equations ( From (2)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-1.25y = -156.25\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "divide by -1.25\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y = -156.25/ -1.25<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y =125\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = 300-125= 175\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So, the investor bought 175 shares at $2.00 per share and 125 shares at $3.25 per share.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "175*2+3.25*125 =756.25\r<BR>\n" );
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