SOLUTION: The tuition fee and the residential fee at a certain university amount to R 28000 for the year the residential fee 5500 more than half the tuition. What is a tuition fee.

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Question 1136951: The tuition fee and the residential fee at a certain university amount to R 28000 for the year the residential fee 5500 more than half the tuition. What is a tuition fee.
Answer by greenestamps(13200) About Me  (Show Source):
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You are asked to find the tuition fee; so let that be your variable:
let x = tuition fee

The residential fee is 5500 more than half the tuition:
then (1/2)x+5500 = residential fee

Write and solve the equation that says the the cost of the two together is 28000:

%28x%29+%2B+%28%281%2F2%29x%2B5500%29+=+28000

Solve using basic algebra....