document.write( "Question 916643: What would be the equation for this? Tien and Kenji collect stamps. Kenji collected 29 fewer than three times the number of Tien’s stamps. Altogether, they collected 675 stamps. How many stamps did Tien and Kenji collect? \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #556172 by josmiceli(19441) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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Let $\"+n+\"$ = the number of stamps Tien collected
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+3n+-+29+\"$ = the number that Kenji collected
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"+n+%2B+3n+-+29+=+675+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+4n+=+675+%2B+29+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+4n+=+704+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+n+=+176+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "and
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+675+-+176+=+499+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "Tien collected 176 stamps
\n" ); document.write( "Kenji collected 499 stamps
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\n" ); document.write( "check:
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+3n+-+29+=+499+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+3n+=+499+%2B+29+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+3n+=+528+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+n+=+176+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "OK
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