document.write( "Question 1142590: elsa, manuel, and ahmad have a total of $106 in their wallets. ahmad has 2 times what manuel has. manuel has $10 less than elsa. how much do they have in their wallets? \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "elsa, manuel, and ahmad have a total of $106 in their wallets. ahmad has 2 times what manuel has. manuel has $10 less than elsa.
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document.write( "Let M = amount which Manuel has.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then Ahmad has 2M;  Elsa has (M+10).\r\n" );
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document.write( "The equation for the total is\r\n" );
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document.write( "    M + 2M + (M+10) = 106  dollars.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Simplify and solve for M, the amount of Manuel;  then calculate the amounts for Ahmad and Elsa.\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Unfortunately,  the problem is formulated in the way that  ANY  of the two interpretations is possible and is admittable.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "@greneestamps may think that his interpretation is valid;  with the same basis,  I may think the same about my interpretation.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "There is no reason to argue / (to dispute)  here.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "One can only regret that our visitors are so careless in their formulations.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "If to judge the posts from visitors with  VERY  strict criterions (= with real criterions of mathematical accuracy), \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "then more than  50%  of them should be  (must be ?)   disqualified :) --------- and thrown to a GARBAGE BOX.\r
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