Thread: Towel Problem
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Old 12-22-2002, 03:09 PM
Jim Brier Jim Brier is offline
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Default Re: Towel Problem

Good work polarbear. The key is recognizing that what he received on the towels he sold was both his profit and his cost (p + 3.5). Most of the students in my study group tried to solve the equations using 3.5(n-15) as the amount received.
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