document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=947312>Question 947312</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The United States earned 104 medals at the 2012 Summer Olympics. The number of silver medals was the same as the number of bronze medals. The number of gold medals was 17 more than the number of silver medals. How many of each kind of medal did the United States earn? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The number of silver medals was the same as the number of bronze medals.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "let x be the number of silver medals and x is also the number of bronze medals.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The number of gold medals was 17 more than the number of silver medals,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "let x+17 be the number of gold medals, then<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x +x +x+17 = 104<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x +17 = 104<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x = 87<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 29<BR>\n" );
document.write( "therefore there are<BR>\n" );
document.write( "29 bronze medals, 29 silver medals, 46 gold medals<BR>\n" );
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