document.write( "Question 1204747: A man ordered 4 times as many boxes of ballpoint pens as boxes of felt-tip pens. Ballpoint pens cost $4.45 per box, and felt-tip pens cost $3.42 If the man's order of pens totaled $84.88, how many boxes of each type of pen did he buy? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Let x be the number of felt-up pens boxes.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then the number of other boxes is 4x, according to the problem.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now write the money equation\r\n" );
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document.write( "    4.42*x + 4.45(4x) = 84.88  dollars.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Simplify and find x.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The rest is simple arithmetic to do.\r\n" );
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