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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 #844914 by josgarithmetic(39617)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! This sentence is troubling: \n" ); document.write( "The price of all the chocolates to the price of all the lollipops was in the ratio of 5 to 2. \r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "One might have to assume you really mean, \"cost\" and not \"price\". \n" ); document.write( " \r\n" ); document.write( " PRICE(cents) AMOUNT COSTS\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "CHOCOLATES 5y/(7x) 7x 5y\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "LOLLIPOPS 2y/(4x) 4x 2y\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "DIFFERENCE 15\r\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "One useful equation would be \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Maybe want to change the form using \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Something still seems off here. \n" ); document.write( " |