document.write( "Question 1168980: I need help with this question and I have to turn it in by midnight. Please help!\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Mark, Max, Matt, and Mitch were writing an essay for English class. Together their essays were 15,240 words. Matt wrote 20 more words than Max. Mark wrote twice as much as Matt. Mitch wrote 100 words less than Max. How many words did each of them have in their essay? \n" ); document.write( "

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Hi there,
\n" ); document.write( "Make Max's no of words = x
\n" ); document.write( "Matt = x + 20
\n" ); document.write( "Mark = 2(x + 20)
\n" ); document.write( "Mitch = x - 100
\n" ); document.write( "Add them all up.
\n" ); document.write( "x + x + 20 + 2(x + 20) + x - 100 = 15,240
\n" ); document.write( "x + x + 20 + 2x + 40 + x - 100 = 15,240
\n" ); document.write( "Collect like terms and integers:
\n" ); document.write( "5x - 40 = 15,240
\n" ); document.write( "5x = 15,240 + 40
\n" ); document.write( "5x = 15,280
\n" ); document.write( "x = 3056 words
\n" ); document.write( "Max wrote 3056 words
\n" ); document.write( "Matt wrote 3076
\n" ); document.write( "Mark wrote 6152 words
\n" ); document.write( "Mitch wrote 2956 words.
\n" ); document.write( "Hope this helps :-) \n" ); document.write( "

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