document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1176523>Question 1176523</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> in the 2016 summer olympic, host brazil earned 1 more gold medal than silver. the number of silver medals brazil earned was the same as the number of bronze medals. brazil earned a total of 19 medals. how many of each kind of medal did brazil earn' </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Rewrite the given information in words that are more easily translated into mathematical statements.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The numbers of silver and bronze medals Brazil won were the same, and the number of gold medals they won was one more.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Using that...<BR>\n" );
document.write( "let x = # of bronze medals<BR>\n" );
document.write( "then x = # of silver medals<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and x+1 = # of gold medals<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Use those expressions for the numbers of each kind of medal, along with the fact that they earned a total of 19 medals, to write and solve an equation.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28x%29%2B%28x%29%2B%28x%2B1%29+=+19 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28x%29%2B%28x%29%2B%28x%2B1%29+=+19\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Solve using basic algebra....<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then remember the answer to the question is not just \"x\"; it is the number of each kind of medal won.<br><BR>\n" );
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