document.write( "Question 1205728: A bookshop sold plain notebooks at 55¢ each and glossy notebooks at $1.20 each. Michael bought some plain ones and Kingston bought some glossy ones. Kingston spent $6.00 more but had 8 fewer notebooks. How many notebooks did Kingston buy? \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "A bookshop sold plain notebooks at 55¢ each and glossy notebooks at $1.20 each. Michael bought some plain ones and Kingston bought some glossy ones. Kingston spent $6.00 more but had 8 fewer notebooks. How many notebooks did Kingston buy?\r\n" );
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document.write( "Let number of notebooks Kingston bought, be N\r\n" );
document.write( "Kingston bought 8 fewer notebooks than Michael, so Michael bought, N + 8 notebooks\r\n" );
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document.write( "Amount Kingston spent: 1.2N\r\n" );
document.write( "Amount Michael spent: .55(N + 8) = .55N + 4.4\r\n" );
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document.write( "As Kingston spent $6 more than Michael, we get: 1.2N = .55N + 4.4 + 6\r\n" );
document.write( "                                         1.2N - .55N = 4.4 + 6\r\n" );
document.write( "                                                .65N = 10.4\r\n" );
document.write( "          Number of notebooks Kingston bought, or
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