document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=475955>Question 475955</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Alice's Restaurant has a total of 205 seats. The number of seats in the non-smoking section is 73 more than twice the number of seats in the smoking section. How many seats are in each section? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "x = smoking seats<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x + 73 = non-smoking seats {73 more than twice the smoking seats}\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x + 2x + 73 = 205 {smoking + non-smoking = total seats}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x + 73 = 205 {combined like terms}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x = 132 {subtracted 73 from both sides}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 44 {divided both sides by 3}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x + 73 = 161 {substituted 44, in for x, into 2x + 73}\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "44 smoking seats<BR>\n" );
document.write( "161 non-smoking seats<BR>\n" );
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