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document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 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?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m+250=2050 m=1800<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1800-250=500<BR>\n" );
document.write( "500+250=750 1st day<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2050-750=1600 2nd day<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I know this to be wrong, book says 900 and 1150 </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #72967 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=oberobic><B>oberobic(2304)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=oberobic><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=72967\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> On the first day Jesse swam fewer meters than the second day, so let's call that x. The total is 2050, so on the second day Jesse swam 2050-x meters.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "We also know that on the second day Jesse swam 250 meters more than the first day.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Recall that the first day was x and that the second day is 2050-x. So to make them equal, you have to add 250 meters to the first day, so it becomes x+250.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x + 250 = 2050 - x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Adding an x to both sides of the equation, we obtain:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2x + 250 = 2050\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Subtracting 250 from both sides, we obtain:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2x = 1800\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Dividing both sides of the equation by 2:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = 900\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So, Jesse swam 900 meters on the first day.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Adding 250 we get 1150, which is the number of meters swam on the second day.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Checking these answers, we find that 900 + 1150 = 2050, which is the correct total. </SPAN>\n" );
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