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document.write( "ben and tom had a total of 144 sweets.ben gave tom 1/5 of what he had. Tom the gave ben 1/4 of what he had to ben. If both had an equal number of sweets in the end, how many did each of them have at first. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "ben gave tom 1/5 of what he had. Tom the gave ben 1/4 of what he had to ben.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "After that process is done, <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Ben has  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=4b%2F5%2Bt%2F4%2Bb%2F20 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"4b%2F5%2Bt%2F4%2Bb%2F20\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > and Tom has <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=t%2Bb%2F5-t%2F4-b%2F20 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"t%2Bb%2F5-t%2F4-b%2F20\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.  These values are given as equal and their equality can be simplified.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If both had an equal number of sweets in the end, how many did each of them have at first. <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "LCD 20 so multiply both members by 20.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=7b=5t ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"7b=5t\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Use <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=b%2Bt=144 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"b%2Bt=144\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > and substitute for t.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight%28b=60%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight%28b=60%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >--------------original amount Ben had.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=t=144-60 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"t=144-60\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight%28t=84%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight%28t=84%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >------------original amount Tom had.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Follow the description step-wise literally.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b, Ben had originally<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t, Tom had originally\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b+t=144<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=b-b%2F5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"b-b%2F5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=t%2Bb%2F5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"t%2Bb%2F5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, Ben and Tom\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=b-b%2F5%2B%28t%2Bb%2F5%29%2F4 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"b-b%2F5%2B%28t%2Bb%2F5%29%2F4\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=t%2Bb%2F5-%28t%2Bb%2F5%29%2F4 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"t%2Bb%2F5-%28t%2Bb%2F5%29%2F4\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, Ben and Tom\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now these last two numbers are given as equal.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "LCD is 20, so multiply both sides by 20.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Make substitution from <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=b%2Bt=144 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"b%2Bt=144\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=cross%28t=54%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"cross%28t=54%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >-------------Tom had originally.\r<BR>\n" );
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