document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=56996>Question 56996</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Cycly Paths, Inc. makes bicycles, tricycles, and unicycles.  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? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let number of unicycles be \"x\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then number of bicycles is \"x+88\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Number of tricycles is \"5x\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "EQUATION:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "# bicycles = # tricycles + 40<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+88 = 5x + 40<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x=48<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=12 (this is the number of unicycles)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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