document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=204697>Question 204697</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> There N stations on a railroad.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "After adding X stations on the rail route 46 additional tickets have to be printed.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Find N and X.  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "2(old stations)(new stations) + 2(new stations)(new stations - 1) = 46\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(N * X) + (X * (X - 1)) = 23\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "factoring ___ X (N + X - 1) = 23\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "23 is a prime number with only two factors, 1 and 23\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "so N = 23 and X = 1 </SPAN>\n" );
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