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document.write( "60% of the buses in a city are owned by A and the rest by B. When B bought 80 new buses, the percentage of its buses increased to 52% of the total of the number of buses. How many buses did <BR>\n" );
document.write( "B have after the increase.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "60% = 3/5; so A owned 3/5 of the buses and B owned 2/5.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let the number owned by A be 3x and the number owned by B be 2x; the total number of buses is 5x.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "When B adds 80 buses, it now has (2x+80) buses, which is 52% of the total, and the total number of buses is now 5x+80:<br><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Originally the number of buses A had was 3x = 3*64 = 192, and the number B had was 2x = 2*64 = 128; the total number of buses was 5x = 320.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "After adding 80 new buses, the number B has is 208.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "CHECK: B now has 208 buses, and the total number is 192+208 = 400.  208/400 = 52/100 = 52%. </SPAN>\n" );
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