document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=798032>Question 798032</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> divide rs91000 among three brothers in such a way that the eldest gets twice as much as the youngest and 3/2times as much as the middle brother find the share of the eldest brother\r<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 #482019 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39617)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><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=482019\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Focus on the fractions.  You are dividing whole 1 quantity of the \"rs\".  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x for youngest<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y for middle aged<BR>\n" );
document.write( "z for eldest\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Three equations in three unknown variables.  Solve any way you want.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A method can be:  Use the first equation for z and substitute into the other two equations.  <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y=%282%2F3%292x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y=%282%2F3%292x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3x%2By=1 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3x%2By=1\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >;<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Take this formula for y and substitute into the other equation;<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "solve for x,<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Going back to the original first two equations, you would use x to find z, and use z to find y. </SPAN>\n" );
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