document.write( "Question 189676: In the 2004 summer olympics, the United states team won 3 more gold medals than the chinese team. If teh total number of gold medals won by both teams is 67, how many gold medals did each team win? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #142320 by Mathtut(3670)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! let the number of golds won by china and US be C and U respectively \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "C+U=67.......eq 1 \n" ); document.write( "U=C+3........eq 2 \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "take U's value from eq 2 and plug it into eq 1 \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "C+C+3=67 \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "2C=64 \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "C=32 \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "U=C+3=32+3=35 \n" ); document.write( " |