document.write( "Question 100197This question is from textbook middle grades math
\n" ); document.write( ": Please help show me where i am going wrong; On the two days before a swim meet, jesse swan a total of 2050 meters. The second day she swam 250 meeters more than the first day. How many meters did she swim on each day?
\n" ); document.write( "m+250=2050 m=1800
\n" ); document.write( "1800-250=500
\n" ); document.write( "500+250=750 1st day
\n" ); document.write( "2050-750=1600 2nd day
\n" ); document.write( "I know this to be wrong, book says 900 and 1150 \n" ); document.write( "

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On the two days before a swim meet, jesse swan a total of 2050 meters. The second day she swam 250 meeters more than the first day. How many meters did she swim on each day?
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\n" ); document.write( "1st day she swam \"x\" miles
\n" ); document.write( "2nd day she sham \"x+250\" miles
\n" ); document.write( "EQUATION:
\n" ); document.write( "x + x+250 = 2050
\n" ); document.write( "2x = 1800
\n" ); document.write( "x = 900 (distance she swam on the 1st day)
\n" ); document.write( "x+250 = 1150 ( distance she swam on the 2nd day)
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\n" ); document.write( "Cheers,
\n" ); document.write( "Stan H. \n" ); document.write( "

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