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document.write( "a man has two boxes of matches. he uses 5 matches and ha 75 matches left. how many matches were in each box\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x be the number of matches in each box.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "He had two boxes, so the number of matches he had was 2x.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "He used 5 matches, so the number he has left is 2x-5.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The number of matches he has left is 75:<br><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "ANSWER: 40 matches in each box<br><BR>\n" );
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