document.write( "Question 609786: A fish was caught whose tail weighed 9 pounds. His head weighed as much as his tail and half his body,and his body weighed as much as his head and tail.How much did the fish weigh? \n" ); document.write( "
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t is weight for tail
\n" ); document.write( "h is the weight for head
\n" ); document.write( "b is the weight for body
\n" ); document.write( "t =9
\n" ); document.write( "h = t + b/2
\n" ); document.write( "h = 9 +b/2
\n" ); document.write( "b = h+t = h + 9
\n" ); document.write( "h = 9 + h/2 + 9/2
\n" ); document.write( "h = 27
\n" ); document.write( "b = 36
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