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Greg started with a certain number of quarters. He then decided on a number of quarters he would save each day. He added the quarters he saved to the amount with which he started. At the end of day 2, Greg had a total of 26 quarters saved. At the end of day 5, he had a total of 35 quarters saved.
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\n" ); document.write( "# Started with:::: s
\n" ); document.write( "# saved each day:: d
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\n" ); document.write( "Equation:
\n" ); document.write( "s + d = 26
\n" ); document.write( "s +4d = 35
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\n" ); document.write( "Subtract and solve for \"d\":
\n" ); document.write( "3d = 9
\n" ); document.write( "d = 3 (# added each day)
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\n" ); document.write( "Solve for \"s\":
\n" ); document.write( "s + d = 26
\n" ); document.write( "s + 3 = 26
\n" ); document.write( "s = 23 (# of quarters started with)
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\n" ); document.write( "Cheers,
\n" ); document.write( "Stan H.
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