document.write( "Question 1184107: Joshua and Ali made some bookmarks over two days. On Friday, Joshua
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\n" ); document.write( "days, Ali made 3/7 of the total number of bookmarks. Find the number of
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Let number of bookmarks Joshua made on Friday, be J
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document.write( "Then number of bookmarks Ali made on Friday = J - 24
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document.write( "As Joshua made 30 more on Saturday, he made J + 30 over the 2 days
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document.write( "And, as Ali made 40 on Saturday, his total over 2 days was: J - 24 + 40, or J + 16
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document.write( "Total bookmarks made over the 2 days: J + 30 + J + 16, or 2J + 46 
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document.write( "With Ali ending up with a total that's  of the total number of bookmarks made, we have: 
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document.write( "7J + 112 = 3(2J + 46) ------- Multiplying by LCD, 7
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document.write( "7J + 112 = 6J + 138
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document.write( "7J - 6J = 138 - 112
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document.write( "Number of bookmarks Joshua made on Friday, or J = 26
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document.write( "Number of bookmarks Joshua made over a 2-day period:  \n" );
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