document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=520243>Question 520243</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> On a trip of 80 miles,  a man traveled 12 times as far by train as by boat  and 4 miles less by bus than by boat.  Find the number of miles traveled in each part of the journey.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " I keep coming back to 12x+x-4= 80 ,  but I'm sure I'm missing something!<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b = distance by boat<BR>\n" );
document.write( "12b + b + (b-4) = 80<BR>\n" );
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