document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=309765>Question 309765</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Luis had exactly $7 before Bryan paid him a $26 debt. After the debt was paid, Bryan had 1/3 of Luis’s new total. How much did Bryan have before the debt was paid?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(A)$33 (B) $35 (C) $36 (D) $37 (E) $47\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Luis new total amount = 7+26 = 33<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Given, after the debt was paid, Bryan had 1/3 of Luis’s new total.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "after the debt was paid, the amount Bryan has = 33/3 = 11<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So the amount Bryan had before the debt was paid = 11+26 = $ 37<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Solution D </SPAN>\n" );
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