document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=3223>Question 3223</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Drglass, thank you for helping me with the math problem. I appreciate it so much. The math problem was regarding the fishermans. Anyway, I'm a bit confused with part c. Can you please help elaborate the solution. Thank you.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #1398 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=drglass><B>drglass(89)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-08.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=drglass><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=1398\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> First, keep in mind that this problem is really hard. It took me sometime to figure it out.<br>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "We have three subparts to the problem. Each part determines the number of fish in the basket when each fisherman arrives. The equations are:<br>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=N+=+3x+%2B+1 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"N+=+3x+%2B+1\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > for the last fisherman<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=M+=+%283%2F2%29%283x%2B1%29%2B+1+=+%289%2F2%29x+%2B+%285%2F2%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"M+=+%283%2F2%29%283x%2B1%29%2B+1+=+%289%2F2%29x+%2B+%285%2F2%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > for the second fishermna<br><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=T+=+%283%2F2%29M+%2B+1+=+%283%2F2%29%28%289%2F2%29x+%2B+%285%2F2%29%29+%2B+1+=+%2827%2F4%29x+%2B+19%2F4 ALIGN=MIDDLE   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > for the third fisherman<br>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "We can guess at a solution by selecting values for x and substituting them into each equation. You might have to scroll down a bit to find the answer:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<th width=50>x</th><th width=50>third fisherman<br><IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=N+=+3x+%2B+1 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"N+=+3x+%2B+1\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ></th><th width=50>second fisherman<br><IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=M+=+%289%2F2%29x+%2B+%285%2F2%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"M+=+%289%2F2%29x+%2B+%285%2F2%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ></th><th width=50>first fisherman<br><IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=T+=+%2827%2F4%29x+%2B+19%2F4 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"T+=+%2827%2F4%29x+%2B+19%2F4\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ></th><th>Does it<br>work?</th>\r\n" );
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document.write( "<TD  align=\"center\">3</TD><TD  align=\"center\">10</TD><TD  align=\"center\">16</TD><TD  align=\"center\">25</TD><TD  align=\"center\">yes, these are all whole numbers</TD>\r\n" );
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document.write( "<TD  align=\"center\">4</TD><TD  align=\"center\">13</TD><TD  align=\"center\"><IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=20%281%2F2%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"20%281%2F2%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ></TD><TD  align=\"center\">---</TD><TD  align=\"center\">no, M is a fraction, which<br>means the second fisherman had<br>a fraction of a fish in<br>the basket when he arrived.</TD>\r\n" );
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document.write( "<TD  align=\"center\">5</TD><TD  align=\"center\">16</TD><TD  align=\"center\">25</TD><TD  align=\"center\"><IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=38%281%2F2%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"38%281%2F2%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ></TD><TD  align=\"center\">no, T is a fraction, which<br>means the first fisherman had<br>a fraction of a fish in<br>the basket when he arrived.</TD>\r\n" );
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document.write( "<TD  align=\"center\">6</TD><TD  align=\"center\">19</TD><TD  align=\"center\"><IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=29%281%2F2%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"29%281%2F2%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ></TD><TD  align=\"center\">---</TD><TD  align=\"center\">no, M is a fraction, which<br>means the second fisherman had<br>a fraction of a fish in<br>the basket when he arrived.</TD>\r\n" );
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document.write( "<TD  align=\"center\">7</TD><TD  align=\"center\">22</TD><TD  align=\"center\"><IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=34 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"34\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ></TD><TD  align=\"center\"><IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=52 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"52\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ></TD><TD  align=\"center\">YES, 7 WORKS</TD>\r\n" );
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document.write( "I missed 7 in my first answer, which just goes to show that writing everything out and putting it into a table is a good idea<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Does this help? </SPAN>\n" );
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