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Last week they made 88 more bicycles than unicycles and 5 times as many tricycles as unicycles. If they made 40 more bicycles than tricycles, how many unicycles did they make?
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\n" ); document.write( "Pick out what's given, write it down:
\n" ); document.write( "Last week they made 88 more bicycles than unicycles
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\n" ); document.write( "and 5 times as many tricycles as unicycles
\n" ); document.write( "t = 5u
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\n" ); document.write( "If they made 40 more bicycles than tricycles
\n" ); document.write( "b = t + 40
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\n" ); document.write( "b = t + 40, t = 5u
\n" ); document.write( "--> b = 5u + 40
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\n" ); document.write( "b = u + 88 = 5u + 40
\n" ); document.write( "u + 88 = 5u + 40
\n" ); document.write( "48 = 4u
\n" ); document.write( "u = 12
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\n" ); document.write( "t = 5u = 60
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\n" ); document.write( "b = t + 40 = 100\r
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