document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=913032>Question 913032</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hi, please help! Thanks!\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A pack of gum costs 75 cents. That is 3 cents <BR>\n" );
document.write( "less than three times what the pack cost 20 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "years ago. How much did a pack of gum cost <BR>\n" );
document.write( "20 years ago? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "less than three times what the pack cost 20<BR>\n" );
document.write( "years ago. How much did a pack of gum cost<BR>\n" );
document.write( "20 years ago?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "let x=pack of gum cost 20 years ago?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x-3=75<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x=78<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=26<BR>\n" );
document.write( "How much did a pack of gum cost 20 years ago? 26 cents </SPAN>\n" );
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