document.write( "Question 532467: john has $5 more than bill and $3 less than amy. together they have $25. how much money does each person have? \n" ); document.write( "

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I will J, B and A instead of actual names, for the amount of money each of them have.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "We know that $\"J=B%2B5\"$ , so we can also say that $\"B=J-5\"$
\n" ); document.write( "We know that $\"J=A-3\"$ , so we can also say that $\"A=J%2B3\"$ \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Since the total of all their money is $25, $\"J%2BB%2BA=25\"$ \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "We can substitute B and A, with the formulas we created earlier $\"B=J-5\"$ and $\"A=J%2B3\"$ to get $\"J%2B%28J-5%29%2B%28J%2B3%29=25\"$ \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "This can be simplifies to get $\"3J-2=25\"$ \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Add 2 to both sides to get $\"3J=27\"$
\n" ); document.write( "Divide both sides by 3 to get $\"J=9\"$ \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "If John has $9 and we know he has $5 more than Bill, Bill has $4. Similarly, we know that John has $3 less than Amy, so Amy has $12. \n" ); document.write( "

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