document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1117451>Question 1117451</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I know the answer for this question is $4 but don't know how they arrived at that answer. Can you help me through this?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Lola, Michael and Joaquin each want to buy a sundae.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "But Lola is 4 dollars short, Michael is 3 dollars short, and Joaquin is 1 dollar short. Combined, they have exactly enough money to buy one sundae. How many dollars does one sundae cost?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\"> represent the cost of one sundae in dollars.  Lola is $4 short, so she must have <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\ -\ 4\"> dollars.  Likewise, Michael has <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\ -\ 3\"> dollars and Joaquin has <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\ -\ 1\">.  Since together they have exactly enough to buy one sundae, namely <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\"> dollars, we can write:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ (x\ -\ 4)\ +\ (x\ -\ 3)\ +\ (x\ -\ 1)\ =\ x\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve for <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi}\ +\ 1\ =\ 0\"><BR>\n" );
document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it<BR>\n" );
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