document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1139009>Question 1139009</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Ariel ran an errand for her neighbor. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "She went to the store and bought 24 pieces of fruit. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "She purchased three times as many oranges as bananas. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "On her way home, Ariel accidentally dropped twice as many oranges as bananas.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "She still managed to deliver 15 pieces of fruit to her neighbor. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "How many oranges were there? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #756797 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=756797\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> an implicit assumption here seems to be that she only bought oranges and bananas and no other type fruit.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "based on that assumption, this is what i get>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "let b = the number of bananas.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "let o = the number of oranges.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "o + b = 24\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "you are given that the number of oranges bought is 3 times the number of bananas bought.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "therefore, o = 3b.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "replace o in the equation of o + b = 24 to get 3b + b = 24 which results in 4b = 24 which results in b = 6.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "since o = 3b, then o = 18.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "she bought 18 oranges and 6 bananas.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "on her way home, she dropped twice as many oranges as bananas.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "she still manage to deliver 15 pieces to her neighbor.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "she started with 24 and wound up with 15.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "24 - o - b = 15.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "since o = 2 * b, this equation becomes 24 - 3b = 15.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "add 3b to both sides of this equation and subtract 15 from both sides of this equation to get 25 - 15 = 3b\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "solve for b to get b = 3.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "since o = 2b, then you get o = 6.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "she dropped 3 bananas and 6 oranges.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "she had 18 oranges and 6 bananas to start with.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "after she dropped 6 oranges and 3 bananas, she had 12 oranges and 3 bananas left fora total of 15 pieces of fruit.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "your question was how many oranges were there.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "she bought 18 oranges.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "she delivered 12 oranges.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "if the question was how many oranges were there to start with, the answer is 18.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "if the question was how many oranges ere delivered, the answer is 12.\r<BR>\n" );
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