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\n" ); document.write( "A carpenter orders 84 doors. He orders 3 times as many red doors as blue doors. How many blue doors does he order?
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Let number of blue doors be B
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document.write( "Then number of red doors  = 3B
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document.write( "We then get: B + 3B = 84
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document.write( "4B = 84
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document.write( "B, or number of blue doors =  \n" );
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