document.write( "Question 222928: Hello, I have a hard time figuring out how to set word problems into number problems. I was wondering if you could help. Here's the problem I'm struggling with:
\n" ); document.write( "Bill's weight is 48 kilograms. This is 10 kilograms more than one half of his father's weight. What is his father's weight ?\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "My problem isn't the solving of equations, I just can't set up the problem correctly.
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Bill's weight is 48 kilograms. This is 10 kilograms more than one half of his father's weight.
\n" ); document.write( "What is his father's weight?
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\n" ); document.write( "Write an equation for each statement:
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\n" ); document.write( "\"Bill's weight is 48 kilograms.\"
\n" ); document.write( "b = 48
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\n" ); document.write( "\"This is 10 kilograms more than one half of his father's weight.\"
\n" ); document.write( "b = .5f + 10
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\n" ); document.write( " What is his father's weight?
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\n" ); document.write( "We can replace b with 48
\n" ); document.write( "48 = .5f + 10 \n" ); document.write( "
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