SOLUTION: Two girls decided to buy a computer. The second girl had 5//6 of the money the first had. The first girl had 7/8 of the price of the computer. Together they had $696.00 more tha

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Question 1026515: Two girls decided to buy a computer. The second girl had 5//6 of the money the first had. The first girl had 7/8 of the price of the computer. Together they had $696.00 more than they need to pay. What was the price for the computer?
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Let represent the price of the computer. Then the first girl has dollars and the second girl has dollars. Together they have dollars, so:



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