document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=949394>Question 949394</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\">  A supply officer distributes 80 business envelops among 13 employees, giving half the number to the female employees and the other half to the male employees. Each female employee received 3 more than each male. How many male employees are there? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #579605 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39620)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=579605\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> x females, y males, total 13 employees.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Envelopes Per Type:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=40%2Fx ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"40%2Fx\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > for females,  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=40%2Fy ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"40%2Fy\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > for males<BR>\n" );
document.write( "because the 80 envelopes split into 40 and 40.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The description about how the envelopes among the gender types relate:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "simplify to <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Using total employee count substituting for y from it,<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "...doing the further simplification...<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "General solution method for a quadratic equation yields:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<b>Eight male employees.</b>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The solution process shown here was abbreviated, done thoroughly off-site. </SPAN>\n" );
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