document.write( "Question 418050: PLEASE HELP
\n" ); document.write( "Gill's puppy was growing fast. in the first 5 days since she got it, it had eaten 100dog biscuits. If each day it had eaten 6 more than the previous day,
\n" ); document.write( "How many biscuits had it eaten on the first day?
\n" ); document.write( "I's still conviced it 5 biscuits, while they say it should be 8 biscuits! \n" ); document.write( "
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Gill's puppy was growing fast. in the first 5 days since she got it, it had eaten 100 dog biscuits. If each day it had eaten 6 more than the previous day,
\n" ); document.write( "How many biscuits had it eaten on the first day?
\n" ); document.write( "I's still conviced it 5 biscuits, while they say it should be 8 biscuits!
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\n" ); document.write( "Let # on 1st day be \"x\"
\n" ); document.write( "Then 1st 5 days the # is x+(x+6)+(x+12)+(x+18)+(x+24) = 100
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\n" ); document.write( "6x+(6+12+18+24) = 100
\n" ); document.write( "5x + (60) = 100
\n" ); document.write( "5x = 40
\n" ); document.write( "x = 8
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