document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=367340>Question 367340</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A contractor hires two trucking companies to haul 1600 tons of crushed stone for a highway construction project.  The contracts state that one company is to haul four times as much as the other.  Find the amount hauled by each company.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #261854 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=checkley77><B>checkley77(12844)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=checkley77><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=261854\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 4X+X=1600<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5X=1600<BR>\n" );
document.write( "X=1600/5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "X=320 TONS IS THE SMALL LOAD.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1600-320=1280 IS THE LARGER LOAD.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4*320+320=1600<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1280+320=1600 </SPAN>\n" );
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