document.write( "Question 489952: d+7+2(d+7)+3d+d+1=182 i was tryin to help my niece with her work but its been awhile since i took algebra so yea... the question goes like this. five friends have 182 dvds.. dan has the fewest. donna has 7 more than dan betty has twice as many as donna jerry has 3 times as many dan and kenesha has 6 less than donna.. \n" ); document.write( "
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d+7+2(d+7)+3d+d+1=182 i was tryin to help my niece with her work but its been awhile since i took algebra so yea... the question goes like this. five friends have 182 dvds.. dan has the fewest. donna has 7 more than dan betty has twice as many as donna jerry has 3 times as many dan and kenesha has 6 less than donna..\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Let amount that Dan has be D
\n" ); document.write( "Then Donna has: D + 7
\n" ); document.write( "Then Betty has: 2(D + 7), or 2D + 14
\n" ); document.write( "Then Jerry has: 3D
\n" ); document.write( "Then Kenesha has: D + 7 - 6, or D + 1\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Altogether they have 182 DVDs. Therefore, we will have:\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "D + D + 7 + 2D + 14 + 3D + D + 1 = 182\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "8D + 22 = 182\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "8D = 160\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"D+=+160%2F8\", or \"20\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "D, or Dan's amount is: \"highlight_green%2820%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "Donna's amount is: D + 7, or 20 + 7, or \"highlight_green%2827%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "Betty's amount is: 2D + 14, or 2(20) + 14, or \"highlight_green%2854%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "Jerry's amount is: 3D, or 3(20), or \"highlight_green%2860%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "Kenesha's amount is: D + 1, or 20 + 1, or \"highlight_green%2821%29\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "20 + 27 + 54 + 60 + 21 = 182\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "182 = 182 (TRUE)
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