document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1138530>Question 1138530</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 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? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "If the cost for each is halved, then the number of people contributing was doubled.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Since the cost for each is halved when 3 more people contribute, then the original number of people was 3. </SPAN>\n" );
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