document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=82893>Question 82893</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0130519669/algebrahomeworkh>Algebra 1</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> please help me with this question it is a story problem and I apologize if its under the wrong heading:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Four salespeople were sent into a particular region to find new stores to carry their product. If together, they found 50 new stores to carry their product, they would get a $500 bonus. Neil found  twice as many stores a Gus. Gus found 4 fewer stores than Salvatore, and Salvatore found 4 more than Bonnie. Bonnie found 8 stores. Did each salesperson get the $500 bonus? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #59526 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=bucky><B>bucky(2189)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=bucky><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=59526\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The way to work this problem is to start at the end of the problem statement and work your <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "At the end of the problem you are told that Bonnie found 8 stores.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The next statement back tells you that Salvatore found 4 more stores than Bonnie. Since<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Bonnie found 8 stores, Salvatore found 8 + 4 = 12 stores.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Then you are told that Gus found 4 stores less than Salvatore. So Gus found 12 - 4 or 8 stores,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the same number as Bonnie.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Finally you are told that Neil found twice as many stores as Gus. Since Gus found 8 stores,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "that means that Neil found 2 times 8 or 16 stores.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This means that the total number of stores the four of them found was:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "8 + 12 + 8 + 16<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "and since this sums to 44, the group did not qualify for the bonus because they did not<BR>\n" );
document.write( "locate 50 new stores.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hope this helps you to understand the problem. </SPAN>\n" );
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