document.write( "Question 1152317: Steph and Angie went on a vacation with the same amount of money. Each day, Steph spent $230 while Angie spent $190. At the end of the vacation, Steph had $240 left while Angie had $720 left. How many days were their vacation \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Let x be the number of days.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then you have this equation\r\n" );
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document.write( "   230x + 240 = 190x + 720.\r\n" );
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document.write( "From the equation\r\n" );
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document.write( "    230x - 190x = 720 - 240 \r\n" );
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document.write( "    40x         = 480\r\n" );
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document.write( "      x         = 480/40 = 12 days.    ANSWER\r\n" );
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