document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=104612>Question 104612</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I am having a hard time with this problem. Can you help me?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Mr. Bedell has 107 fiction books in his classrooom. Mr Bedell's fiction collection is 27 more than a third of his non-fiction collection. How many non-fiction books does Mr. Bedell have?     Thank you.. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #76129 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=doukungfoo><B>doukungfoo(195)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-09.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=doukungfoo><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=doukungfoo><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=76129\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Ok to find out how many non-ficiton books Mr. Bedell has we have to use the given information to write an equation.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Lets start by calling the non-fiction books x. This will be the variable in our equation that we will solve for.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "non-ficition books = x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now lets look at what we are given<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Given: Mr. Bedell's fiction collection is 27 more than a third of his non-ficiton collection.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Ok \"27 more\" is +27<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and \"a third of his non-fiction collection\" is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%281%2F3%29%28x%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%281%2F3%29%28x%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > which is the same as <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%2F3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%2F3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Put these two together and we have:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28x%2F3%29%2B27 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28x%2F3%29%2B27\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now we are also told that Mr. Bedell has 107 fiction books in his classroom.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so this means that:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now we have an equation that we can solve.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "first subtract 27 from both sides of the equal sign<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28x%2F3%29%2B27-27=107-27 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28x%2F3%29%2B27-27=107-27\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "the 27's on the left side cancel out leaving this<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28x%2F3%29=107-27 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28x%2F3%29=107-27\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28x%2F3%29=80 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28x%2F3%29=80\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "now to solve for x multiply both sides by 3<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3x%2F3=240 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3x%2F3=240\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x+=+240 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x+=+240\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<B>Answer: Mr. Bedell has 240 non-fiction books</b><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Check by replacing x in the original equation with 240<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28240%2F3%29%2B27=107 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28240%2F3%29%2B27=107\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=80%2B27=107 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"80%2B27=107\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=107=107 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"107=107\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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