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A group of 4 students went to the movie theater.
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document.write( "They spent 4 times x dollars plus 4 times $10.50 or 4x+42 dollars. \r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "A group of 3 adults went to the movie theater and paid twice as much for each of
\n" ); document.write( "their tickets as each student, or $2x. The group of adults also spent $10.00
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document.write( "They spent 3 times 2x dollars plus 3 times $10.00 or 6x+30 dollars. \r\n" );
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document.write( "   3x+42 = 6x+30\r\n" );
document.write( "      12 = 3x\r\n" );
document.write( "       4 = x  <-- interpreted as $4.00 for student ticket.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Twice as much as $4.00 or $8.00.\r\n" );
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