document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1131844>Question 1131844</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A company rents bicycles , motor scooters and dune buggies. The total number of inventory is 165. There are three times as many bikes, as dune buggies and the number of motor scooters is four less than three times the number of bikes. Many many of each are there </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #748526 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=addingup><B>addingup(3677)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=addingup><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=addingup><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=748526\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> bikes + scooters + duneb = 165<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d = 1/3b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "s = 3b-4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "let's substitute in the first formula above:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b + s + d = 165<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b + 1/3b + 3b - 4 = 165<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4 1/3b = 169<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b = 169/4 1/3 =  39 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "There are 39 bikes<BR>\n" );
document.write( "And the dune buggies are 1/3 of that, so there are 39(1/3) = 13 dune buggies<BR>\n" );
document.write( "And scooters are 4 less than 3 x the number of bikes: (39 x 3) - 4 = 113 scooters<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Check:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Add the totals I gave you:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "39 + 13 + 113 = 165 This is the correct answer<BR>\n" );
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