document.write( "Question 1036041: 28 people were walking on their way home from the fair each
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\n" ); document.write( "of the group did not have 2 balloons when they arrived home, and
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28 people were walking on their way home from the fair each
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document.write( "When they arrived, 14 people either had 0 balloons or 1 balloon,\r\n" );
document.write( "and the other 14 still had both balloons.\r\n" );
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document.write( "7 had 1 balloon, so 7 had no balloons. \r\n" );
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document.write( "So when they got home, 14 had two balloons, making 2×14 or 28\r\n" );
document.write( "balloons. 7 had 1 balloon, and 7 had 0 balloons.\r\n" );
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document.write( "That's 28+7+0 = 35 balloons.\r\n" );
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