document.write( "Question 178855: In a basketball game Kyle scored 4 more than 1/5 as many points as Kurt. If Kyle scored 12 points, how many points did Kurt score? \n" ); document.write( "
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Call the number of points Kurt scored p. Then Kyle scored (1/5)p+4. Since Kyle scored 12, we have
\n" ); document.write( "(1/5)p+4=12
\n" ); document.write( "(1/5)p=8
\n" ); document.write( "p=40
\n" ); document.write( "So Kurt scored 40 points.
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