document.write( "Question 1152110: Yolonda has 7 more baseball cards than Jeff. Jeff has three times as many baseball cards as Clara. All together, they have 21 baseball cards, how many does Clara have? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Let x be the number by Clara; \r\n" );
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document.write( "then the number by Jeff is 3x  and the number by Yolonda is (3x+7).\r\n" );
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document.write( "The equation is  \r\n" );
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document.write( "    x + 3x + (3x + 7) = 21.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Simplify step by step and solve\r\n" );
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document.write( "    7x = 21 - 7\r\n" );
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document.write( "    7x = 14\r\n" );
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document.write( "     x = 14/7 = 2.\r\n" );
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document.write( "ANSWER.  Clara has 2 baseball cards.\r\n" );
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