document.write( "Question 1205766: Neichelle is planning her spring flower garden. She wants to plant tulip and daffodil bulbs. She will plant 5 times as many daffodil bulbs as tulip bulbs. If she wants to plant 204 bulbs, how many tulip bulbs and how many daffodil bulbs should she plant?\r
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document.write( "She will plant 5 times as many daffodil bulbs as tulip bulbs. \r\n" );
document.write( "If she wants to plant 204 bulbs, how many tulip bulbs and how\r\n" );
document.write( "many daffodil bulbs should she plant?\r\n" );
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document.write( "Word problems that ask for two quantities are usually easier \r\n" );
document.write( "to think through and set up using two unknowns. That's a \r\n" );
document.write( "separate unknown for each quantity, and a separate equation\r\n" );
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document.write( "The first sentence simply tells us: \r\n" );
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document.write( "Let D = the number of daffodil bulbs to plant.\r\n" );
document.write( "Let T = the number of tulip bulbs to plant.\r\n" );
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document.write( "So that is just the equation D = 5T.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The second sentence simply tells us:\r\n" );
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document.write( "...she wants to plant 204 bulbs...\r\n" );
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document.write( "So that is just the equation D + T = 204\r\n" );
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document.write( "Substitute 5T for D in the 2nd equation.\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"5T%2BT=204\"\r\n" );
document.write( "\"6T=204\"\r\n" );
document.write( "\"T=34\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Substitute 34 for T in D+T=204\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"D%2B34=204\"\r\n" );
document.write( "\"D=170\"
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She should plant 34 tulip bulbs and 170 daffodil bulbs.\r\n" );
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