document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=101400>Question 101400</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help me solve this problem, thank you!!the population of manchester is 4 times the population of dover, and the population of portsmouth is 5,650 less than dover. If the population of all three towns is 154,850, what is the population of each city?? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let population of dover be \"x\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Manchester = 4x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Portsmouth = x-5650<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "EQUATION:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x + 4x + x-5650 = 154,850<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6x = 169500<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 26750 (population of Dover)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x = 107000(population of Manchester)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x-5650 = 21100 (population of Portsmouth)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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