document.write( "Question 1073269: you are cooking rice for p people.
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if each bag of rice serves 3 people, then each person is served by 1/3 of a bag of rice.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "1/3 * p + 4 = 8\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "subtract 4 from both sides of this equation to get 1/3 * p = 4\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "multiply both sides of this equation by 3 to get p = 12.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "you can serve 12 people with 8 bags of rice.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "take 4 away and keep them for safe measure.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "you will be using 4 bags of rice.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "since each bag of rice can serve 3 people, 4 * 3 = 12 people that can be served by those 4 bags of rice.\r
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