document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1102837>Question 1102837</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Amanda, Bryan, and Colin are in a book club. Amanda reads twice as many books as Bryan per month and Colin reads 4 fewer than 3 times as many books as Bryan in a month. In 4 months, the number of books Amanda reads is equal to 5/8 the sum of the number of books Bryan and Colin read in 4 months. How many books does each person read each month? Write an equation and use it to solve this situation. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #717605 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jorel1380><B>jorel1380(3719)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jorel1380><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=jorel1380><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=717605\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Let b be the number of books Bryan reads each month. Then Amanda is 2b; and Colin is 3b-4. Then:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4(2b)=5/8(4)(b+3b-4)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "64b=80b-80<BR>\n" );
document.write( "16b=80<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b=5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Bryan reads 5 books a month; Amanda reads 10: and Colin reads 11<BR>\n" );
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