document.write( "Question 1157502: Mrs Daniels has a box of craft sticks for her class.if she gives each student 8 craft sticks she will have 4 craft sticks left.if she gives only 5 craft sticks to each student she will have 40 craft sticks left.how many students are there in the class?\r
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document.write( "Let n be the number of students in the class.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then from the condition, you have this equation\r\n" );
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document.write( "    8n + 4 = 5n + 40.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now solve it\r\n" );
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document.write( "    8n - 5n = 40 - 4\r\n" );
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document.write( "    3n      = 36\r\n" );
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document.write( "     n      = 36/3 = 12.    ANSWER\r\n" );
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document.write( "Answer.  There are 12 students in the class.\r\n" );
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