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Marylou buys a package of 500 jewels for her jeans. She uses the same number of jewels for each pair of jeans. How many jewels will she use on each pair of jeans?

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HOW MANY PAIRS OF JEANS DOES SHE HAVE? Based on the merits, here it is

ASSUMING SHE HAS 5O PAIRS OF JEANS


j \: = jewels\\ 50(j) \leqslant 500 \\ 10 \: jewels \: on \: eavh \: pair
ASSUMING WE DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PAIRS OF JEANS SHE HAS


j \: = jewels \\ p = pairs \: ofjeans\\ (p) * (j) \leqslant 500 \\ (j )\: \: jewels \: on \: eavh \: pair \: of \: her \: (p) \: total \: jeans
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