document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1106012>Question 1106012</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> anita, cheri, miguel, and jake went bowling one night for fun they decided to pit the girls against the boys, with the highest score for each team winning. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "anita scored 18 less than miguel, cheri's score was 16 less than twice anita's, cheri outscored jake by 21. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "if the total score by all four kids was 529, what was the final scores of the match? <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let the scores be A, C, J, and M for Anita, Cheri, Jake, and Miguel, respectively.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The information as given is<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(1) A = M-18<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(2) C = 2A-16<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(3) C = J+21<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Rearrange the given information to express all four scores in terms on just one of them.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Equations (1) and (2) relate both C and M to A.  Equation (3) relates J to C, so then equations (3) and (2) together let us relate J to A.  So A should be the variable we use.  Then<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A = A<BR>\n" );
document.write( "M = A+18  [from (1)]<BR>\n" );
document.write( "C = 2A-16  [(2)]<BR>\n" );
document.write( "J = 2A-37  [from (2) and (3)]<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then, since the sum of the scores was 529,<br><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The individual scores were...<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Anita = A = 94<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Cheri = 2A-16 = 172<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Jake = 2A-37 = 151<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Miguel = A+18 = 112<br><BR>\n" );
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