document.write( "Question 1161621: Over the last three evenings, Laura received a total of 91 phone calls at the call center. The second evening, she received 2 times as many calls as the third evening. The first evening, she received 9 fewer calls than the third evening. How many phone calls did she receive each evening? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Let x be the number of call third evening.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then you have this equation\r\n" );
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document.write( "    (x-9) + 2x + x = 91.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Solve it and find x.  Then evaluate 2x and (x-9).\r\n" );
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