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\n" ); 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. \n" ); document.write( "

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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.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Let the amount he started with, and cost of shoes, be A and S, respectively\r\n" );
document.write( "After buying the shoes, he had A - S left\r\n" );
document.write( "                           Amount spent on pants:  \r\n" );
document.write( "        Amount remaining after purchase of pants: \r\n" );
document.write( "Since $189 remained after purchase of pants, we get: \r\n" );
document.write( "                                                        ------ Canceling GCF, 3, in numerators                                                                            \r\n" );
document.write( "Since cost of pants is  the cost of the shoes (S), so we get:   \r\n" );
document.write( "                                                                    ----- Substituting 63 for \r\n" );
document.write( "                                                                    3S = 7(63) --- Cross-multiplying\r\n" );
document.write( "                                                  Cost of shoes, or

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