document.write( "Question 256254: A group of students is trying to evenly divide the cookies remaining from a bake sale. If each student takes 3 cookies, there are five cookies left. If each student takes 4 cookies, there are two cookies short. How many students and how many cookies are there? \n" ); document.write( "
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3x+5=4x-2
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\n" ); document.write( "3*7+5=4*7-2
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\n" ); document.write( "26 cookies and 7 students
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