document.write( "Question 429172: A furniture dealer has 36 tables. Some tables have 4 legs and some have 3 legs, but she doesn't know how many of each kind there are. She has counted 124 legs in total. How many 4 legged tables are there? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( " 36 tables
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document.write( "Let x and (36-x)represent the number of 4-legged and 3-legged tables respectively
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document.write( "Question states***
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document.write( " 4x + 3(36-x) = 124
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document.write( "      x = 16, the number of 4-legged tables.  \r
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document.write( "CHECKING our Answer*** there are 20  3-legged (36-16)
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document.write( " 4*16 + 3*20 = 64 + 60 = 124 legs \n" );
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