document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=130930>Question 130930</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> George weighs 60 lbs. more than 1/2 his younger brother Galen's weight. If their weights balance when George is 4 ft. from the fulcrum on a 10 ft. long teeterboard, what are their weights?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #382649 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=MaxW><B>MaxW(2)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/iconNewId_16x16.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=MaxW><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=382649\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> using the equation d1(w1) = d2(w2)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4(1/2(x)+60) = 6x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x + 240 = 6x subtract 2x from both sides\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "240 = 4x divide both sides by 4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x is equal to 60 lbs \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now plug 60 into Georg0e's weight equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(1/2(60) + 60 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "30 + 60 = 90 lbs\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore Galen is 60 lbs and George is 90 lbs.\r<BR>\n" );
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