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\n" ); document.write( "Mr. Gorman spent $18 on some paintbrushes and colored pencils.
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document.write( "In accordance with the problem, we can group colored pencils and paintbrushes in sets,\r\n" );
document.write( "each containing 4 colored pencils and one paintbrush.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Every such group costs 4*0.75 + 3 = 6 dollars, giving the total of 18 dollars.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Hence, the number of such groups is  18/6 = 3.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Hence, the number of colored pencils was  4*3 = 12.    ANSWER\r\n" );
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