document.write( "Question 1073484: Says Jon to Billy, \" I have three times as many marbles as you.\" Yes, says Billy: \"but if u give me 20, I shall have seven times as many as you.\" How many marbles do each have?\" \n" ); document.write( "
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j, number of marbles Jon has
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