document.write( "Question 1130504: A pile of notepaper can be shared among n envelope so that there are three sheets per envelope. If there were 64 fewer envelopes ther would be five sheets per envelope. Find the value of n \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "3n = 5*(n-64)\r\n" );
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document.write( "3n = 5n - 320\r\n" );
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document.write( "320 = 5n - 3n\r\n" );
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document.write( "320 = 2n\r\n" );
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document.write( "n = 320/2 = 160  envelopes.      ANSWER\r\n" );
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