document.write( "Question 904597: please help me solve this problem. together ken and Amy have 36 coins. ken has 4 more coins than Amy. how many cons does Amy have? please and thank you.
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\n" ); document.write( "let' the number of coins Ken has be \"x\" and the number of coins Amy has be \"y\"
\n" ); document.write( "Ken and Amy have \"36\" coins:\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x%2By=36\" ....eq.1\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Ken has \"4\" more coins than Amy:\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x=y%2B4\" ...eq.2\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x%2By=36\" ....eq.1 and substitute \"x\" from eq.2\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"y%2B4%2By=36\" ...solve for \"y\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"2y=36-4\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"2y=32\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"y=32%2F2\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight%28y=16%29\"......the number of coins Amy has \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "now find \"x\" \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x=y%2B4\" ...eq.2\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x=16%2B4\" \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight%28x=20%29\" ....the number of coins Ken has \r
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