document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=463296>Question 463296</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Elaine sold three times as many magazines as Ron. Ron sold 16 less magazines than elaine. How many magazines  did they both sell? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "x = Ron's sales<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x = Elaine's sales {Elaine sold three times as many as Ron}\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = 3x - 16 {Ron sold 16 less than Elaine}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-2x = -16 {subtracted 3x from both sides}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 8 {divided both sides by -2}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x = 24 {substituted 8, in for x, into 3x}\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Ron sold 8 and Elaine sold 24<BR>\n" );
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