document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1142541>Question 1142541</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Mary and Eve have the same number of roses. After Eve gave her mother 4/5 of her roses and Mary gave her friends 3/4 of her roses, then the number of roses Mary had left was 3 more than the number of roses Eve had left.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "How many roses did Eve have at first?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #763230 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ankor@dixie-net.com><B>ankor@dixie-net.com(22740)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ankor@dixie-net.com><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=ankor@dixie-net.com><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=763230\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\">  Mary and Eve have the same number of roses.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " After Eve gave her mother 4/5 of her roses and Mary gave her friends 3/4 of her roses, then the number of roses Mary had left was 3 more than the number of roses Eve had left.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "How many roses did Eve have at first?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "let r = no. of Roses Eve & Mary had originally\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Eve has left = Mary has left - 3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >r = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F4 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F4\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >r - 3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "multiply by 20, cancel the denominators <BR>\n" );
document.write( "4r = 5r - 60<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4r - 5r = -60<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-r = -60<BR>\n" );
document.write( "r = 60 roses originally\r<BR>\n" );
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