<PRE><B>Question 174523</B>
let the price per share of company X and company Y be X and Y respetively
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A. Bob&#39;s shares:2000X+10000Y=340000....eq 1
   Frank&#39;s shares:8000X+6000Y=340000...eq 2
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B lets rewrite eq 1 to 2000X=340000-10000Y 
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now divide by 2000 on each side
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X=170-5Y
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substitute X&#39;s value into eq 2
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8000(170-5Y)+6000Y=340000
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1360000-40000Y+6000Y=340000
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-34000Y=-1020000
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{{{highlight(Y=30))}}}dollars per share of company Y
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{{{highlight(X=170-5(30)=20)}}}dollars per share of companyX
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