document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=645318>Question 645318</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> John and Peter shared a bunch of lynchees equally. John gave away 120 of his lychees and peter sold 744 of his lychees. Now John had 4 times as many lychees left as peter. How many lychees did Peter left? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "let x=no. of lychees john and peter shared equally<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x-120=no. of lychees john had left<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x-744=no. of lychees peter had left<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x-120=4(x-744)=4x-2976<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x=2856<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=952<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x-744=208<BR>\n" );
document.write( "no. of lychees peter had left=208 </SPAN>\n" );
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