document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1160782>Question 1160782</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> At an evening showing of the movie \"Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood\", there were 42 more women than men in attendance. If there were 90 people in the theater, how many were women?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x = men<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let x+42 = women<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+(x+42) = 90<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Remove parentheses<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+x+42 = 90<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Collect the like terms<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x+42 = 90<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Move constant to the right side of the equation and change its sign<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x = 90-42<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Calculate the difference<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x = 48<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Divide both sides by 2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 24<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+42 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Use substitution<BR>\n" );
document.write( "24+42 = 66<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So the men were 24 and women were 66.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x+(x+42) = 90\r<BR>\n" );
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