document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=252539>Question 252539</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> There are two candy jars, each of which contains the same number of pieces of<BR>\n" );
document.write( "candy. Bert takes 25 pieces of candy from the first jar and gives the rest to Karla, while Karla takes 17 pieces of candy from the second jar and gives the rest to Bert. When they are done, Karla discovers that Bert has more pieces of candy than she does. How many more pieces of candy does Bert have? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "candy. Bert takes 25 pieces of candy from the first jar and gives the rest to Karla, while Karla takes 17 pieces of candy from the second jar and gives the rest to Bert. When they are done, Karla discovers that Bert has more pieces of candy than she does. How many more pieces of candy does Bert have?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let the number of pieces in each jar be \"x\".<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Bert takes 25 pieces of candy from the first jar and gives the rest to Karla<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Karla now has x-25 pieces.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "while Karla takes 17 pieces of candy from the second jar and gives the rest to Bert<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Bert now has x-17 pieces.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Inequality<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Karla discovers that Bert has more pieces of candy than she does. How many more pieces of candy does Bert have?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Bert > Karla<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x-17 > x-25<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(x-17)-(x-25) > 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8 > 0<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Bert has 8 more pieces than Karla<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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