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Bob had N shrimp.
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document.write( "Then we read this:\r\n" );
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document.write( "To express how many shrimp John had, we must\r\n" );
document.write( "take the N shrimp that Bob has and add 8 to it.\r\n" );
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document.write( "To take N and add 8 to it, we write \"N\" and then\r\n" );
document.write( "write \"+8\" after it.  Like this:\r\n" );
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document.write( "               N+8\r\n" );
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document.write( "So John had N+8 shrimp.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then we read this:\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "all together they had 32 shrimp.
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document.write( "So we must add together the N shrimp Bob had and the N+8\r\n" );
document.write( "shrimp John had by putting a + between N and N+8, like this:\r\n" );
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document.write( "N + N+8\r\n" );
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document.write( "and set that equal to 32:\r\n" );
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document.write( "N + N+8 = 32\r\n" );
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document.write( "Add the two N's together and get 2N\r\n" );
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document.write( "2N+8 = 32\r\n" );
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document.write( "Subtract 8 from both sides:\r\n" );
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document.write( "2N+8 = 32\r\n" );
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document.write( "2N   = 24\r\n" );
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document.write( "Divide both sides by 2:\r\n" );
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document.write( "N = 12\r\n" );
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document.write( "That's how many shrimp Bob had.\r\n" );
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document.write( "so John had 12+8 or 20 shrimp.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Answer: Bob had 12 shrimp and John had 20 shrimp.\r\n" );
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