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document.write( "In an attempt to conceal his true age, an actor states his birth year as follows. He claims that if 237 is subtracted from his birth year divided by 3, and if this number is now divided by 5, then the result is 83. In what year was the actor born? Here is what I have so far X-237/3 divided by 5 = 83\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x = Year he was born<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Then from:\"if 237 is subtracted from his birth year divided by 3, and if this number is now divided by 5, then the result is 83\" we get our equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(x/3 - 237)/5 = 83<BR>\n" );
document.write( "multiplying both sides by 5 we get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(x/3 - 237) = 415<BR>\n" );
document.write( "adding 237 to both sides:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x/3 = 652<BR>\n" );
document.write( "finally multiplying both sides by 3:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 1956 </SPAN>\n" );
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