document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1132826>Question 1132826</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> sam and alex play in the same soccer team. last saturday alex scored 3 more goals than sam,but together they scored less than 9 goals. what are the possible number of goals alex scored? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #749959 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><B>Theo(13342)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><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=Theo><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=749959\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> s = the number of goals sam scored.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a = the number of goals alex scored.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "your equations are:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "s + a < 9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a = s + 3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "replace a with s + 3 in the first equation to get s + s + 3 < 9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "combine like terms to get 2s + 3 < 9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "subtract 3 from both sides to get 2s < 6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "divide both sides by 2 to get s < 3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "sam scored less than 3 goals.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "that means sam scored 0 or 1 or 2.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "alex scored 3 more than sam.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "that means alex scored 3 or 4 or 5.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "together they scored 3 or 5 or 7.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "your solution is that alex scored 3 or 4 or 5 goals.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "sam could not have scored 3 goals, because then alex would have had to score 6 and 3 + 6 is equal to 9 which is not smaller than 9.\r<BR>\n" );
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