document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=106274>Question 106274</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Halley's Comet appears about every 75 years. One appearance was the year Mark Twain was born. The next appearance was the year he died. The sum of these two years is 3745. In what year did Mark Twain die? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Halley's Comet appears about every 75 years. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "One appearance was the year Mark Twain was born.  <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let this year be <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The next appearance was the year he died. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Since Halley's Comet appears about every 75 years, means that Mark Twain lived 75 years too and died in year <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y+=+x%2B75 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y+=+x%2B75\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The sum of these two years is 3745. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%2B%28x%2B75%29+=+3745 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%2B%28x%2B75%29+=+3745\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2x+%2B+75+=+3745 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2x+%2B+75+=+3745\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x+=+%283745-+75%29%2F2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x+=+%283745-+75%29%2F2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x+=+1835 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x+=+1835\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >      the year Mark twain was born\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y+=+x%2B+75 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y+=+x%2B+75\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=y+=+1910 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"y+=+1910\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >       In year <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1910 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1910\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > Mark Twain died.\r<BR>\n" );
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