document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=308836>Question 308836</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Gorillas and chimpanzeea can learn sign language  by 1982 a gorilla named koko had learned 700 words. This is 50 fewer than 5 times as many words as a chimpanzee named washoe knew 10 years earlier. How many words did washoe know?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #220834 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=stanbon><B>stanbon(75887)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=stanbon><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=220834\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Gorillas and chimpanzeea can learn sign language by 1982 a gorilla named koko had learned 700 words. This is 50 fewer than 5 times as many words as a chimpanzee named washoe knew 10 years earlier. How many words did washoe know?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let # washoe knew be \"x\".<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "700 = 5w - 50<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5w = 750<BR>\n" );
document.write( "w = 150 (# of words washoe knew) <BR>\n" );
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