document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=4801>Question 4801</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Bob and Aaron sold  450 sets of windshield wipers at two different booths at the local auto accessary show. If Bob sold 5 times as many wind wipers as Aaron,how many did each of them sell? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let the number of sets Bob sold = 450-x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If Bob sold 5 times as many as Aaron then<BR>\n" );
document.write( "450-x=5x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "consoldate like terms by adding x to both sides:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "450-x+x=5x+x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "450=6x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Divide both sides by six to isolate the variable<BR>\n" );
document.write( "75=x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So Bob sold 75 sets of windshield wipers and Aaron sold<BR>\n" );
document.write( "450-75 = 375<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and 375 is 5 times 75, so this is correct.  </SPAN>\n" );
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