document.write( "Question 1129595: Steve and Bart sell cars for KC Complete Auto. Over the past year, they sold 640 cars. Assuming Steve sells 3 times as many as Bart, how many cars did Steve sell?\r
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\n" ); document.write( "Assuming Bart sells \"x\" cars, then Steve sells \"3x\" cars\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "if over the past year, they sold \"640\" cars, we have \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x%2B3x=640\" \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"4x=640\" \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x=640%2F4\" \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x=160\" ->Bart sells \"160\" cars\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "then, \"3x=3%2A160=480\" Steve sells \"480\" cars\r
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