document.write( "Question 1141597: Need help with this word problem, please, for my 7th grader.\r
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document.write( "The condition implies that you can group the points in sets (10 points of Carrie + 8 points of Alan), so each such set has 10+8 = 18 points.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Since Carrie and Alan earned 90 points together, it means that there are 5 =  such sets.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Thus Carrie earned 10*5 = 50 points and Alan earned 8*5 = 40 points.    ANSWER\r\n" );
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