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document.write( "Mrs Lee went shopping with a certain amount of money. If she wanted to buy 15 shirts she would need another $150. If she bought 5 shirts she would have $250 left.  How much did a shirt cost. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #842980 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mananth><B>mananth(16946)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mananth><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=mananth><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=842980\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Mrs Lee went shopping with a certain amount of money. If she wanted to buy 15 shirts she would need another $150. If she bought 5 shirts she would have $250 left.  How much did a shirt cost.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let Mrs. Lee have $ x with her when she went shopping\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "When she wants to buy 15 shirts she feels short of $150\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Total cost of 15 shirts = x+150\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cost of each shirt will be (x+150)/15\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If she bought 5 shirts amount left with her is 150\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5*(x+150)/15 + 250 = x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(x+150)/3 = x-250\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x+150 = 3(x-250)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x+150 = 3x -750\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Rearrange and simplify\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3x-x = 150+750\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2x = 900\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x =450\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "She had $450\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let cost of shirt be y\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "15y = 450+150\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "15y = 600\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y= 40\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cost of each shirt = $40 \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I have corrected this problem.  Thanks to my fellow tutor.\r<BR>\n" );
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