document.write( "Question 1138530: Martha's schoolmates presented to her a bracelet costing 48 pesos for her eighteenth birthday. If three more friends had contributed, the cost to each would have been halved. How many friends bought the gift? \n" ); document.write( "
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\"48%2Fn\" pesos per schoolmate as done\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"48%2F%28n%2B3%29=%281%2F2%29%2848%2Fn%29\" if three more schoolmates participated\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"48%2F%28n%2B3%29=24%2Fn\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"48n=24%28n%2B3%29\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"48n=24n%2B72\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"24n=72\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "Three friends bought the gift.
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