document.write( "Question 1166786: A room contains 112 chairs. The number of chairs per row is five less
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y rows
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"112%2Fy=3y-5\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"112=3y%5E2-5y\"
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "discriminant, \"5%5E2%2B4%2A3%2A112=25%2B12%2A112=1369\"
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"y=%285%2B37%29%2F6=42%2F6=highlight%28highlight%287%29%29\"-----------------seven rows.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"112%2F7=highlight_green%28highlight%2816%29%29\"--------------------how many chairs per row
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