document.write( "Question 660123: You have 40 cars. There 9 times as many white cars as there are yellow cars. How many white and yellow cars are there \n" ); document.write( "

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x = white cars
\n" ); document.write( "y = yellow cars
\n" ); document.write( "x+y = 40
\n" ); document.write( "9y = x
\n" ); document.write( "Substitution
\n" ); document.write( "9y + y = 40
\n" ); document.write( "10y = 40
\n" ); document.write( "10y/10 = 40/10
\n" ); document.write( "y = 4 yellow cars
\n" ); document.write( "x = 9(4) = 36 white cars \n" ); document.write( "

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