document.write( "Question 970112: A total of $80,000 is going to be split between George and Scott, woth George receiving $2000 less than Scott. How much will each get ? \n" ); document.write( "

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Total=80,000
\n" ); document.write( "George=x-2000 because he is getting 2,000 less than Scott.
\n" ); document.write( "Scott=x because we don't know how much he's getting.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"less than, greater than, stick it at the end\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "SO, Scott + George = Total\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Plug in the information given:
\n" ); document.write( " x+(x-2000)=80000\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Combine like terms:
\n" ); document.write( " 2x-2000=80000\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Add 2000 in order to get the variable on one side
\n" ); document.write( " 2x=82000\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Dived by 2 to find 'x'
\n" ); document.write( " x=41,000\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Your answer is how much Scott is getting, so in order to find out how much George is getting we plug it back in to George: x-2000
\n" ); document.write( " 41000-2000=39,000\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Therefore, George is getting $39,000 and Scott is getting $41,000.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "*In order to check if its correct add the two and if it adds up to $80,000, then its right.
\n" ); document.write( " 41,000+39,000=80,000 (correct). \n" ); document.write( "

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