document.write( "Question 199623: An investigator uses forms A, B, C in filling out reports. He uses form B five times as often as form A, and he uses form C three times as often as form B.
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Algebra.Com's Answer #150034 by rfer(16322)\"\" \"About 
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change everything so you have just one unknown
\n" ); document.write( "a=1 b=5a c=3b
\n" ); document.write( "a=1 b=5a c=15a
\n" ); document.write( "a+5a+15a=735
\n" ); document.write( "21a=735
\n" ); document.write( "a=35
\n" ); document.write( "b=175
\n" ); document.write( "c=525
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