document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1041139>Question 1041139</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A Sumon of tk. 53 is divided among A, B,  C in such a way that A gets tk. 7 more than that of B gets & B gets tk 8 more than C gets. The ratio of their shares is what? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "a + b + c = 53<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a - b = 7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c - b = -8<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Substitute for \"a\" and for \"c\":: solve for \"b\"::<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b+7 + b + b-8 = 53<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3b = 54<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b = 18 shares<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a = b+7 = 25 shares<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "c = b-8 = 10 shares<BR>\n" );
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