document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=227017>Question 227017</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Ryan weighs twice as much as steve and the total of their weight is 195 pounds . How much does steve weigh </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let r stand for Ryan's weight and s stand for Steve's weight.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "r=2s : Ryan's weight is twice as much as Steve's\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "r+s=195 : Ryan's weight plus Steve's weight equals 195 lbs\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Substitute the r in the second equation with 2s...\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2s%2Bs=195 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2s%2Bs=195\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > which becomes <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3s%2B195 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3s%2B195\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > so divide each side by 3 and get <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=s=65 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"s=65\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >. Therefore Steve's weight is 65 lbs.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now substitute 65 for s in the first equation and you get <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=r=2%2865%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"r=2%2865%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > which is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=r=130 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"r=130\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thus Ryan's weight is 130 lbs and Steve's is 65 lbs. </SPAN>\n" );
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