document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=682060>Question 682060</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A donkey and a horse were carrying some bales of cloth.  The donkey said to the horse \"If you give me one of your bales, i shall carry half as much as you.\"  If you give me one of yours, replied the horse, I will be carrying 3x's as much as you.  How many bales was each animal originally carrying?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #423023 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ReadingBoosters><B>ReadingBoosters(3246)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ReadingBoosters><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=423023\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> x carried by horse<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y carried by donkey<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y+1 = (1/2)(x-1) multiplied by 2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2y + 2 = x - 1 : x = 2y + 3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+1 = 3(y-1) <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2y + 3 + 1 = 3y - 3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4 + 3 = 3y - 2y<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = 3(7)-4 = 21-4 = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight_green%28x=17%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight_green%28x=17%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > carried by horse<BR>\n" );
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