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1. There are two small containers and one large container that together hold 12 cups of liquid. The large container minus one small container equals 3 cups of liquid therefore how many cups of liquid does each container hold? (solve using equation)
2. A man ordered 4 times as many boxes of ballpoint pens as boxes of felt tip pens. Ballpoint pens cost $4.44 per box, and felt tip pens cost $3.44. If the mans order of pens totaled $63.60, how many boxes of each type of pen did he buy? (solve using equation)
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