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document.write( "Mrs Robinson bought some chocolates and lollipops in the ratio of 7 to 4. The price of all the chocolates to the price of all the lollipops was in the ratio of 5 to 2. If each lollipop cost 15c less than each chocolate how many lollipops did she buy.
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Algebra.Com's Answer #844912 by ikleyn(52778)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! .\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "I agree with @greenestamps that the problem, as it is posed, can not be answered.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "To it, I would add that wording in the problem is perpendicular to the meaning of words.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Thus, the problem says \" The price of all the chocolates . . . \".\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "This fragment is incorrect, since the term \" price \" relates to single item/(single piece of chocolate). \n" ); document.write( "It can not be used in this combination \" price of all the chocolates . . . \"\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The same notice is to the fragment \" the price of all the lollipops . . . \"\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "For Math problems, it is not the same which word/words to use . . . \r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "As a conclusion, this problem does not fit for any reasonable purpose.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "It is good only to scare people around.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |