document.write( "Question 345774: Kim and Dustin together have 96 cards, Dustin and Mike together have 93 cards, and Kim and Mike together has 81 cards. How many cards does each person have? \n" ); document.write( "

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1. $\"K%2BD=96\"$
\n" ); document.write( "2. $\"D%2BM=93\"$
\n" ); document.write( "3. $\"K%2BM=81\"$
\n" ); document.write( "Subtract eq. 3 from eq. 1,
\n" ); document.write( " $\"K%2BD-K-M=96-81\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"D-M=15\"$
\n" ); document.write( "Add that to eq. 2,
\n" ); document.write( " $\"D-M%2BD%2BM=15%2B93\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"2D=108\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"highlight%28+D=54%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( "Then from eq. 1,
\n" ); document.write( " $\"K%2B54=96\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"highlight%28K=42%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( "From eq. 3,
\n" ); document.write( " $\"42%2BM=81\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"highlight%28M=39%29\"$
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