document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1127044>Question 1127044</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hi!\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I have a college algebra problem and I don't know how to set it up. The problem says:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A shopper spends half her money in the first shop she visits. In the second shop she spends 1/3 of what remains. In the third shop she spends $25. She then has $15 left. How much had she at the start?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thank you!<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-Maddie </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "let’s say  she has <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "if she spends half her money in the first shop she visits, we have<BR>\n" );
document.write( "she spend <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%2F2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%2F2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x-x%2F2=x%2F2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x-x%2F2=x%2F2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >=>remains\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " in the second shop she spends <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > of what remains:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%281%2F3%29%28x%2F2%29=x%2F6 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%281%2F3%29%28x%2F2%29=x%2F6\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "in the third shop she spends $<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=25 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"25\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "she then has $<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=15 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"15\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > left\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "she at the start <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > money and it should be equal to sum of all money she spent plus $<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=15 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"15\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > she has left\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x=x%2F2%2Bx%2F6%2B25%2B15 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x=x%2F2%2Bx%2F6%2B25%2B15\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >......solve for <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, both sides multiply by <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=6 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"6\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=6x=3x%2Bx%2B150%2B90 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"6x=3x%2Bx%2B150%2B90\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=6x=4x%2B240 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"6x=4x%2B240\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=6x-4x=240 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"6x-4x=240\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2x=240 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2x=240\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight%28x=120%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight%28x=120%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "check:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "in the first shop she  spend <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%2F2=120%2F2=60 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%2F2=120%2F2=60\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "in the second shop she spends <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%2F6=120%2F6=20 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%2F6=120%2F6=20\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >  (or <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%281%2F3%2960=20 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%281%2F3%2960=20\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "in the third shop she spends $<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=25 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"25\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "she then has $<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=15 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"15\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "add all together: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=60%2B20%2B25%2B15=120 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"60%2B20%2B25%2B15=120\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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