document.write( "Question 174614: Rolex Smudgepot owns 17 ounces of gold. This is one ounce more than three fourths of the amount he owned last year? \n" ); document.write( "
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17=1+3x/4
\n" ); document.write( "17-1=3x/4
\n" ); document.write( "16=3x/4
\n" ); document.write( "3x=16*4
\n" ); document.write( "3x=64
\n" ); document.write( "x=21.333 oz.
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\n" ); document.write( "17=1+3*21.333/4
\n" ); document.write( "17=1+3*5.3333
\n" ); document.write( "17=1+16
\n" ); document.write( "17=17
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