document.write( "Question 1150562: Ralph and Homer read a total of 33 books over the summer. Ralph read three more than four times as many as Homer. How many books did each person read?
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Algebra.Com's Answer #771927 by josmiceli(19441) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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Let $\"+r+\"$ = number Ralph read
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\n" ); document.write( "(1) $\"+r+%2B+h+=+33+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "(2) $\"+r+=+4h+%2B+3+\"$
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\n" ); document.write( "(2) $\"+r+-+4h+=+3+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "Subtract (2) from (1)
\n" ); document.write( "(1) $\"+r+%2B+h+=+33+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "(2) $\"+-r+%2B+4h+=+-3+\"$
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"+5h+=+30+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+h+=+6+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "and
\n" ); document.write( "(1) $\"+r+%2B+6+=+33+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "(1) $\"+r+=+27+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "Ralph read 27
\n" ); document.write( "Homer read 6
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\n" ); document.write( "(2) $\"+r+=+4h+%2B+3+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "(2) $\"+27+=+4%2A6+%2B+3+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "(2) $\"+27+=+24+%2B+3+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "(2) $\"+27+=+27+\"$
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