document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=244070>Question 244070</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The total number of votes cast for class president was 352.  If Chet received 50 fewer votes than Marcella, how many did each receive? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\"> represent the number of votes Marcella received.  Then <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\ -\ 50\"> is the number of votes cast for Chet.  The sum is 352, so:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ x\ +\ (x\ -\ 50)\ =\ 352\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Just solve for <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\"> to get the number for Marcella.  50 less than that is the number for Chet.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
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