document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=514509>Question 514509</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Formulate but do not solve the problem.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cantwell Associates, a real estate developer, is planning to build a new apartment complex consisting of x one-bedroom units, y two-bedroom townhouses, and z three-bedroom townhouses. A total of 192 units are planned, and the number of family units (two- and three-bedroom townhouses) will equal the number of one-bedroom units. If the number of one-bedroom units will be 3 times the number of three-bedroom units, find how many units of each type will be in the complex.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "?= 192<BR>\n" );
document.write( "?= y + z<BR>\n" );
document.write( "?= 3z </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "A total of 192 units are planned, and <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the number of family units (two- and three-bedroom townhouses) will equal the number of one-bedroom units. <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If the number of one-bedroom units will be 3 times the number of three-bedroom units, find how many units of each type will be in the complex.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x + y + z = 192 units<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y+z = x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 3z<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Rearrange:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x + y + z = 192<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x - y - z = 0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x + 0 -3z = 0<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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