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document.write( "Bob bought a pair of shoes. He also spent 1/4 of the remainder of his money on a pair of pants.  He had $189 left. If the cost of the pants was 3/7 the cost of the shoes, what is the price of the shoes. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Presumably a solution using formal algebra was desired; you have received two responses with very different formal solutions.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "But you can get very good mental exercise (and problem-solving experience) by solving the problem less formally, using logical reasoning and simple arithmetic.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Bob had $189 left after spending 1/4 of his remaining money on a pair of pants.  That means the $189 was 3/4 of his remaining money.  1/4 is one-third of 3/4, so the amount he spent on the pants was 1/3 of $189, or $63.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The cost of the pants was 3/7 of the cost of the shoes, so the cost of the shoes was 7/3 of the cost of the pants.  So the cost of the shoes was (7/3)*$63 = 7*$21 = $147.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "ANSWER: $147<br><BR>\n" );
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