document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1133944>Question 1133944</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A twenty-kilogram bag of rice is consumed by m, number of boys in 10 days. When four more boys joined them, the same quantity of rice lasted only 8 days. If the rate if consumption is the same, find the value of m. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "A twenty-kilogram bag of rice is consumed by m, number of boys in 10 days.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=m%2Ar%2A10=1 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"m%2Ar%2A10=1\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, consuming ONE (1) twenty-kilogram bag of rice; the rate is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=r ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"r\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > for 1 boy.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "When four more boys joined them, the same quantity of rice lasted only 8 days.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This is the system of equations:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve for the value of m.\r<BR>\n" );
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