document.write( "Question 16202: For the school play,Christi sold 5 tickets less than 3 times as many as Puge sold. Ace sold twice as many as Christi.Togrther the three students sold 65 tickets.How many did each one sell? \r
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document.write( " Puge=x
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document.write( " Christi=3x-5
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document.write( " Ace=2(3x-5)=65
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document.write( " x+3x-5+2(3x-5)=65
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document.write( " x+3x-5+6x-10=65
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document.write( " 10x=65
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document.write( " 10x/10=80/10
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document.write( " x=8 \n" );
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