document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=622702>Question 622702</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Three mothers- Malu,Eva and Josie- have between them a total of 14 children, 10 of whom are girls. Eva has no more children than Malu, who has 3 children. Josie has 6 more-girls than boys and the same number of boys as Malu has girls. How many girls each do Josie and Malu have? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "I interpreted \"Eva has no more children than Malu\" to mean that Eva and Malu each has the same amount of children\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since Eva and Malu have the same amount of children, then they have a total of 6 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Since there are 14 children, and since Eva and Malu each has 3, then Josie has 8 children\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let amount of boys that Josie has be B<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Since Josie has 8 children, and 6 more girls than boys, then Josie has: <BR>\n" );
document.write( "B + B + 6 = 8 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "2B = 2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "B = 1 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Josie: 7 girls, 1 boy\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since Josie has the same amount of boys as Malu has girls, then Malu has 1 girl\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore, Josie has <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight_green%287%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight_green%287%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > girls and Malu has <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight_green%281%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight_green%281%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > girl.\r<BR>\n" );
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