document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1016975>Question 1016975</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> in this Verbal excersice I have to present a linear algebraic equation\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "mark and don are planning to sell each of their marble collections at a garage sale. if don has 1 more than 3 times the number of marbles mark has, how many does each boy have to sell if the total number of marbles 113? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #633329 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=rothauserc><B>rothauserc(4718)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=rothauserc><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=rothauserc><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=633329\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> let x be the number of marbles that Mark has and y be the number of marbles Don has, then<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1) x + y = 113<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2) y = 3x + 1<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "substitute for y in equation 1 using equation 2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x + (3x + 1) = 113<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "4x = 112<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = 28<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Mark has 28 marbles and Don has 85 marbles<BR>\n" );
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