document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1070037>Question 1070037</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 28 students from the fourth grade competed in a math competition. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Each student earned a different number of points. The number of <BR>\n" );
document.write( "students who received more points than Tom's is two times smaller <BR>\n" );
document.write( "than the number of students who had fewer points than Tom. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "In which position did Tom finish that competition? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "you need to separate the population of 27 students (27 = 28-1, this 1 is Tom) in two disjoint groups in a way that population <BR>\n" );
document.write( "of the larger group is two times the population of the smaller group.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "These groups are 9 and 18 students:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x + 2x = 27 \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "gives 3x = 27 and x = 9, \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "so Tom is in 10-th position.\r<BR>\n" );
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