document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=13169>Question 13169</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> There are bolts and nuts in a box.  The number of bolts are 66 times as many as nuts <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=B+=+66N ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"B+=+66N\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.  If 20 more nuts are put in the box, there will be only 36 times as many bolts as nuts <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=B+=+36%28N+%2B+20%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"B+=+36%28N+%2B+20%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.  How many bolts are in the box? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #6613 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=akmb1215><B>akmb1215(68)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-08.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=akmb1215><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=6613\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> You need to first assign variables for the nuts and bolts.  I am going to use N for nuts and B for bolts.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since you know that B = 66N, and you also know that B = 36(N + 20), you can set these two equations equal to one another. Therefore, you get <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=66N+=+36%28N+%2B+20%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"66N+=+36%28N+%2B+20%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "To solve this, use the distributive property to distribute the 36 across the N+20 to get <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=66N+=+36N+%2B+720 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"66N+=+36N+%2B+720\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.  Move 36N to the left side of the equation by subtracting it from both sides of the equation to get <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=30N+=+720 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"30N+=+720\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.  Solve by dividing by 30.  N=24.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "To solve for B, plug in N=24 to the first original equation and solve.  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=B+=+66%2824%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"B+=+66%2824%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >; B = 1,584 </SPAN>\n" );
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