Outline Mathematics Word Problems Sweet Purchase Here's a problem to tackle:   A housewife purchased some sugar for $2.16. Had the sugar cost 1 cent a pound less, she would have received 3 pounds more for the same expenditure. How many pounds of sugar did she buy? Solution 1 Solution 2 Copyright © 1996-2008 Alexander Bogomolny                             Solution 1   A housewife purchased some sugar for $2.16. Had the sugar cost 1 cent a pound less, she would have received 3 pounds more for the same expenditure. How many pounds of sugar did she buy? (In the applet below, click on the underlined omitted expressions. See what happens.) // formulations This applet requires Sun's Java VM 2 which your browser may perceive as a popup. Which it is not. If you want to see the applet work, visit Sun's website at http://www.java.com/en/download/index.jsp, download and install Java VM and enjoy the applet. Copyright © 1996-2008 Alexander Bogomolny                             Solution 2   A housewife purchased some sugar for $2.16. Had the sugar cost 1 cent a pound less, she would have received 3 pounds more for the same expenditure. How many pounds of sugar did she buy? (In the applet below, click on the underlined omitted expressions. See what happens.) // formulations This applet requires Sun's Java VM 2 which your browser may perceive as a popup. Which it is not. If you want to see the applet work, visit Sun's website at http://www.java.com/en/download/index.jsp, download and install Java VM and enjoy the applet. References C. W. Trigg, Mathematical Quickies, Dover Publications, 1985 Copyright © 1996-2008 Alexander Bogomolny

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