document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1125413>Question 1125413</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I need help breaking this down, please, and thank you.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In a certain&#8203; year, the average&#8203; e-mail user sent or received 162 &#8203;e-mails each day. The number of&#8203; e-mails received was 6 more than thrice the number sent. How many were sent and how many were received each&#8203; day?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "For each&#8203; day, <BR>\n" );
document.write( " &#8203;___e-mails were sent and <BR>\n" );
document.write( " &#8203;___e-mails were received. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "???!!!<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Did the wording of the problem get changed?  What I see says the number of emails received was 6 more than THREE times the number sent; two other tutors have both answered the question reading it as 6 more than TWO times the number sent.....<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "If it is three and not two, then....<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = number sent<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x+6 = number received<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+3x+6 = 162<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x+6 = 162<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x = 156<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 39<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x+6 = 123<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "39 emails sent; 123 received; total 162 </SPAN>\n" );
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