document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=447016>Question 447016</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If 7182 roses were killed in last night's frost and this was 2 5/8 as many as the night before how many roses were killed the night before? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let the number killed the night before be \"x\":<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(2 5/8)x = 7182<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(21/8)x = 7182<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = (8/21)7182<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = 2736<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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