document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=784221>Question 784221</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Andrew has five fewer coins than Casey. Bob has three more than twice as many coins as Andrew. Altogether, they have 428 coins. How many coins does Bob have? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "let x=number of coins Andrew has<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+5=number of coins Casey has<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x+3=number of coins Bob has<BR>\n" );
document.write( "..<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+x+5+2x+3=428<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x=420<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=105<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+5=110<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x+3=213<BR>\n" );
document.write( "number of coins Bob has=213 </SPAN>\n" );
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