document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1097441>Question 1097441</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Alice and Buster are buying baseball cards.  Alice buys 5 packs and 3 individual cards; Buster buys 3 packs and gives his sister 2 cards, he has exactly one half the number of cards as Alice.    Hoe many cards are in each pack? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let the number of cards in each pack be \"p\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Alice has 5p+3 cards<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Buster has 3p-2 cards<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Equation::<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3p-2 = (1/2)(5p+3)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6p-4 = 5p+3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "p = 7 cards (# in each pack)<BR>\n" );
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