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document.write( "a man has a bag of sweets he gave 1 sweet to his son then he gave 1/7 of remaining sweets to his son. Then he gave 2 sweets to his daughter then he he gave 1/7 of remaining to his daughter. Both child got equal numbers of sweets.
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document.write( "Let 'T' represent the total sweets in the bag.  
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document.write( "     Son: 
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document.write( "Daughter: 
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document.write( "Question states***Both child got equal numbers of sweets.
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document.write( "  7S = 14 + T - 2 - S
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document.write( "  8S - 12 = T
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document.write( "   |Substitute for T
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document.write( "    7S = 7 + 8S - 13
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document.write( "      S = 6  (D=6)   and T = 36 total sweets in the bag  (8S -12)
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