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document.write( "Connie and alice had an equal amount of money. Connie gave alice 126 dollars and alice had 4 times as much money as connie in the end. How much money did connie have at first.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "That is just a condensed form of the system of equations.  Yes, the textbook answer is correct and the second equation shown in the system will give that result.  Did you NEED to see the steps? </SPAN>\n" );
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