document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=998387>Question 998387</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> There are 45 apples in carton A and 55 Apples in carton b how many apples must be trasnferred from carton B to carton A so that the number of apples in carton A is 3 times as many as the number of apples in carton B </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( " how many apples must be transferred from carton B to carton A so that the number of apples in carton A is 3 times as many as the number of apples in carton B <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "let x = no. of apples required to be transferred<BR>\n" );
document.write( "45 + x = 3(55 - x)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "45 + x = 165 - 3x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x + 3x = 165 - 45<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x = 120<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 120/4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 30 apples transferred<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "See if this checks out<BR>\n" );
document.write( "45 + 30 = 3(55 - 30)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "75 = 2(25) </SPAN>\n" );
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