document.write( "Question 1172831: Trevor and Marissa together have 26 T-shirts to sell. If Marissa has 6 fewer T-shirts than Trevor, find how many T-shirts Trevor has. Use x as your variable.
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document.write( "    x + y = 26     (1)  (x = # of T-shirts Trevor has to sell)\r\n" );
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document.write( "    x - y =  6     (2)\r\n" );
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document.write( "Add the equations and get\r\n" );
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document.write( "    2x     = 26 + 6 = 32;   x = 32/6 = 16.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then from equation (1)  y = 26-16 = 10.\r\n" );
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document.write( "ANSWER.  Trevor has 16 T-shirts;  Marissda has  10.\r\n" );
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