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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.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Let cost of a shirt be S\r\n" );
document.write( "Since purchasing 15 shirts would've required an additional $150, amount she had, was 15S - 150\r\n" );
document.write( "And, since purchasing 5 shirts would've left her with $250, amount she had, was 5S + 250\r\n" );
document.write( "We now set the 2 expressions equal to each other, as follows:  15S - 150 = 5S + 250\r\n" );
document.write( "                                                                15S - 5S = 250 + 150\r\n" );
document.write( "                                                                     10S = 400\r\n" );
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