document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=892663>Question 892663</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Maria and Juan have some m&m's. Since Maria has three times as juan, he started crying. So Maria decided to give him 3 m&m's. She now has twice as much as Juan. How many m&m's does each person have now? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #540725 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><B>Theo(13342)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Theo><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=540725\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> x is the amount the juan has.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x is the amount that maria has.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "maria gives juan 3 m&m.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "she now has 3x - 3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "he now has x + 3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "shw now has 2 times as many m^m as he has.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3x-3 = 2*(x+3)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "simplify this equation to get:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3x-3 = 2x+6\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "subtract 2x from both sides of this equation and add 3 to both sides of this equation to get:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = 9\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x is equal to the amount that juan has.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "juan has 9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "maria has 27.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "maria has 3 times as many as juan.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "maria gives juan 3.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "maria has 24<BR>\n" );
document.write( "juan has 12\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "maria now has 2 times as many as juan has.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "formula is good.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "solution is:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "maria now has 24<BR>\n" );
document.write( "juan now has 12\r<BR>\n" );
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