document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=322762>Question 322762</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> alex had 2.5 times as many books as i do you could also say she has 27 more books than i do. how many do i have?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\"> represent the number of books that you have.  Then <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large 2.5x\"> represents the number of books that Alex has.  Also, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\ +\ 27\"> represents the number of books that Alex has.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since the number of books that Alex has is equal to the number of books that Alex has, we can say:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 2.5x\ =\ x\ +\ 27\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Just solve for <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\">.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "By the way, don't you have a 'Shift' key on your keyboard?  Lack of capitalization and missing punctuation made your submission very difficult to read.  Please have more consideration for those of us who are trying to help you.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
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