document.write( "Question 19558: Suppose you spend 3/5 of your monthly budget on food and 1/4 on bus fare food and bus fare total $34/mo. What is your monthly budget? \n" ); document.write( "

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Let your monthly budget be x
\n" ); document.write( "Then you spend 3/5 on food
\n" ); document.write( "so cost of food=(3/5)x
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\n" ); document.write( "you spend 1/4 on bus fare
\n" ); document.write( "so cost of bus fare=(1/4)x
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\n" ); document.write( "The total of these two is $34
\n" ); document.write( "so we get,
\n" ); document.write( " $\"%283%2F5%29x%2B%281%2F4%29x=34\"$
\n" ); document.write( "LCM
\n" ); document.write( " $\"%284%283%29x%2B5%281%29x%29%2F20=34\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"12x%2B5x=34%2A20\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"17x=680\"$
\n" ); document.write( "x=40 dollars
\n" ); document.write( "Thats your monthly budget
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\n" ); document.write( "-Prabhat \n" ); document.write( "

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