document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=965175>Question 965175</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> George and Linda each have 20 dollars in the bank. Each week George adds 3 dollars to his account. Linda adds 1 dollar to her account each week. After how many weeks does George have twice as much as Linda?1 </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #589925 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><B>Theo(13342)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Theo><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=589925\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> looks like 20 weeks.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "in 20 weeks, george will have 20 + 3 * 20 = 20 + 60 = 80<BR>\n" );
document.write( "in 20 weeks, linda will have 20 + 1 * 20 = 20 + 20 = 40\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "80 is 2 times 40.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the formula for george is y = 20 + 3x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the formula for linda is y = 20 + x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x represents the number of weeks.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "when george has 2 times as much as linda, then 20 + 3x is equal to 2 * (20 + x)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "solve that equation for your answer.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "20 + 3x = 2 * (20 + x) becomes:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "20 + 3x = 40 + 2x.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "subtract 2x from both sides of the equation and subtract 20 from both sides of the equation to get:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3x - 2x = 40 - 20\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "simplify to get x = 20\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "that's your solution.\r<BR>\n" );
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