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document.write( "Let car payment be \"x\".<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then rent is \"3x+100\"<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "EQUATION:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x + 3x+100 = 800<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x = 700<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = $175 (car payment)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x+100 = 3*175+100 = $625 rent<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.\r<BR>\n" );
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