document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1130229>Question 1130229</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 6. Captain gives you the following clue to find a buried a treasure : Get ye to the palm tree at the middle of the isle. Face ye to the west. Think ye of the number that is seventeen more than the quotient  when six times the number of paces to the treasure is divided by two. This number be equal to the sum when twelve  more than nine minus fifteen is added to four times the number of paces to the treasure. Dig ye only once, for if te dig in the wrong spot, the treasure will disappear. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #746891 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ankor@dixie-net.com><B>ankor@dixie-net.com(22740)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ankor@dixie-net.com><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=ankor@dixie-net.com><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=746891\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Captain gives you the following clue to find a buried a treasure :<BR>\n" );
document.write( " Get ye to the palm tree at the middle of the isle.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " Face ye to the west.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " Think ye of the number that is seventeen more than the quotient when six times the number of paces to the treasure is divided by two. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "This number be equal to the sum when twelve more than nine minus fifteen is added to four times the number of paces to the treasure.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "let p = the no. of paces to the treasure<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%286p%29%2F2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%286p%29%2F2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > + 17 = (12+9-15) + 4p <BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%286p%29%2F2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%286p%29%2F2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > + 17 = 6 + 4p<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6p + 2(17) = 2(6+4p)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6p + 34 = 12 + 8p<BR>\n" );
document.write( "34 - 12 = 8p - 6p<BR>\n" );
document.write( "22 = 2p<BR>\n" );
document.write( "p = 22/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "p = 11 paces west to the treasure </SPAN>\n" );
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