document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=547576>Question 547576</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Mark has one less than twice the number of CD''s PHillip has.  Together they have 65 CD'S.  How many CD's does each boy have?\"\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I need to show my work on this one.   I have a similar problem that I have the answer to.   I worked it up and missed one step.   This one my mother knows the answer, but not how to put it in algebra form.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Thank you for your time, VJ  (and his mom)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "PS:   I'm in 8th grade. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "\"Mark has one less than twice the number of CD''s PHillip has\" ___ m = 2p - 1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "\"Together they have 65 CD'S\" ___ m + p = 65\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "subtracting the 1st eqn from the 2nd eqn ___ m + p - m = 65 - (2p - 1)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "p = 66 - 2p ___ 3p = 66\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "substitute back to find m </SPAN>\n" );
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