document.write( "Question 360689: Feed, Tiger, and Nancy play a round of golf together. Their combined score is 223. Fred's score was 3 more than Nancy's, and Tiger's score was 7 more than Fred's. What was each person's score? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Let x repesent Nancy's score, then Fred's is (x+3) and Tiger's is (x+3+7) or (x+10)
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document.write( "x + (x + 3) + (x + 10) = 223
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document.write( "solve for x
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document.write( "3x + 13 = 223
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document.write( "3x = 210
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document.write( "x = 70
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document.write( "Nancy's score was 70, Fred's 73 and Tiger's 80.
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document.write( "checking our answer
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document.write( "70 + 73 + 80 = 223 \n" );
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