document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1131765>Question 1131765</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> (2) There are 3 times as many pears as oranges.A group of children<BR>\n" );
document.write( "receive 5 oranges and 8 pears each.All the oranges are given away,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "but there are 21 pears left.How many children are there,and howmany oranges are there?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x be the number of children.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then the number of oranges given away is 5x, because each child gets 5 oranges and all the oranges are given away.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "And the number of pears is 8x+21, because each child gets 8 pears and then there are still 21 left.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The number of pears is 3 times the number of oranges:<br><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "ANSWERS:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The number of children is x=3.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The number of oranges is 5x = 15. </SPAN>\n" );
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