document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1127755>Question 1127755</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A girl scout troop sold cookies. If the girls sold 5 more boxes the second week than they did the first, and if they doubled the sales of the second week for the third week to sell a total of 431 boxes of cookies, how many did they sell each week? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( " If the girls sold 5 more boxes the second week than they did the first,<BR>\n" );
document.write( " and if they doubled the sales of the second week for the third week to sell a total of 431 boxes of cookies,<BR>\n" );
document.write( " how many did they sell each week?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x = no. sold the 1st week<BR>\n" );
document.write( "\" the girls sold 5 more boxes the second week\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(x+5) = no. sold the 2nd week<BR>\n" );
document.write( "\" if they doubled the sales of the second week for the third week\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2(x+5) = no. sold the 3rd week<BR>\n" );
document.write( " to sell a total of 431 boxes of cookies,? <BR>\n" );
document.write( "x + (x+5) + 2(x+5) = 431 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "x + x + 5 + 2x + 10 = 431 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x + 15 = 431<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x = 431 - 15<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x = 416<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 416/4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 104 sold the 1st week<BR>\n" );
document.write( "then<BR>\n" );
document.write( "104 + 5 = 109 sold the 2nd week<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2(109) = 218 sold the 3rd week<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Check: 104 + 109 + 218 = 431 </SPAN>\n" );
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