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Liza has 40 less than 3 times B (because B is the number Janice has). This can be written as $\"3%2AB-40\"$ . You want the number they have together, which means you want to add together Liza's and Janice's: $\"3%2AB-40%2BB\"$ . When you combine like terms, you get $\"4%2AB-40\"$ \n" ); document.write( "

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