document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=255432>Question 255432</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Jay's favorite book is 182 pages less than 3 times Mitchel's favorite book. If both books have the same number of pages, how many pages are in Jay's favorite book? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #187929 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=EMStelley><B>EMStelley(208)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-09.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=EMStelley><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=EMStelley><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=187929\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Let's call the number of pages in Jay's book J and Mitchel's book M.  Then the first sentence tells us that:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=J+=+3M+-+182 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"J+=+3M+-+182\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If both books have the same number of pages, then J = M.  So let's replace the J with M in our equation:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=M+=+3M+-+182 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"M+=+3M+-+182\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Subtract 3M from both sides:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=-2M+=+-182 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"-2M+=+-182\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Divide by -2:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=M+=+91 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"M+=+91\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So Mitchel's book and Jay's book have 91 pages. </SPAN>\n" );
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