document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=340424>Question 340424</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The average of the salaries of Kelly, Renee and Nina is 20,000 a year.  If Kelly earns 4000 less than Renee and Nina's salary is two-thirds of Renee's salary, find the salary of each person.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I've tried setting up as follows;\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let R = Renee\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let R - 4000 = Kelly\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let 2/3 * R = Nina\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "R + ( R - 4000 ) + 2/3 * R = 20,000 \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It's not working out for me though.  Anyone have any thoughts? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "You are SOOOOOO close.  Consider this:  How do you compute the average?  You add up all of the items and divide by the number of items.  That means that if the average of 3 things is 20,000, then the sum of the three things has to be 60,000.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So, instead of\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ r\ +\ (r\ -\ 4000)\ +\ \frac{2}{3}r\ =\ 20,000\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You need\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ r\ +\ (r\ -\ 4000)\ +\ \frac{2}{3}r\ =\ 60,000\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I'll leave the rest to you since the solution is quite straightforward from here.  Write if you get stuck again.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it<BR>\n" );
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