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\n" ); document.write( ": bus# 17 runs from apple street to ellis avenue making 3 stops in between. at bonz avenue, 2 people got off and 5 people got on the bus. at crump road, half the people on the bus got off and 4 people got on. at dane square, 3 people got off and 1 person got on. at the finail stop, the remaining 12 people got off. how many people were on the bus when it left apple street?
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bus# 17 runs from apple street to ellis avenue making 3 stops in between. at bonz avenue, 2 people got off and 5 people got on the bus. at crump road, half the people on the bus got off and 4 people got on. at dane square, 3 people got off and 1 person got on. at the final stop, the remaining 12 people got off. how many people were on the bus when it left apple street?
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\n" ); document.write( "Let x = number of people that were on the bus when it left apple street
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\n" ); document.write( "bonz: x - 2 + 5:
\n" ); document.write( "leaving: (x+3)
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\n" ); document.write( "crump: (x+3) - .5(x+3) + 4 = .5x + 1.5 + 4
\n" ); document.write( "leaving (.5x+5.5)
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\n" ); document.write( "dane: (.5x+5.5) - 3 + 1 = .5x + 5.5 - 2
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\n" ); document.write( "Final stop: .5x + 3.5 = 12
\n" ); document.write( ".5x = 12 - 3.5
\n" ); document.write( ".5x = 8.5
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\n" ); document.write( "bonz: 17 - 2 + 5 = 20
\n" ); document.write( "crump: 20 - 10 + 4 = 14
\n" ); document.write( "dane: 14 -3 +1 = 12 got off at the final stop
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