document.write( "Question 363783: Three people picked 65 apples altogether. At the first tree they each picked the same number of apples. At the second tree they picked 3 times as many as they picked at the first tree. When they finished at the third tree, the group had 5 times as many apples as they had when they started at the tree. At the fourth tree the group picked just 5 apples.\r
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Algebra.Com's Answer #259523 by ptaylor(2198)\"\" \"About 
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Let x=number of apples picked by each at the first tree
\n" ); document.write( "Then at the first tree, 3x apples were picked
\n" ); document.write( "At the second tree, they picked 3*3x=9x apples
\n" ); document.write( "When they started at the third tree, the group had 12x apples
\n" ); document.write( "when they finished at the third tree, the group had 5*12x=60x apples\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So total apples picked =60x+5 and that equals 65
\n" ); document.write( "soooo our equation to solve is:
\n" ); document.write( "60x+5=65
\n" ); document.write( "60x=60
\n" ); document.write( "x=1 so they each picked 1 apple at the first tree\r
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\n" ); document.write( "first tree=3 apples picked
\n" ); document.write( "Second tree=3*3=9 apples
\n" ); document.write( "Started at third tree=9+3=12 apples
\n" ); document.write( "Finished third tree=5*12=60 apples
\n" ); document.write( "60+5=65
\n" ); document.write( "65=65\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Hope this helps--ptaylor
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