document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1184092>Question 1184092</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Emma is playing a game with Amanda. Together they have 1,050 points and need to get<BR>\n" );
document.write( "370 more points to win.  Amanda has 3 2/3 times as many points as Emma. How many<BR>\n" );
document.write( "individual points does Emma have? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x  and y be the points owned by Emma and Amanda. It is given that they together have 1,050 points. Therefore;<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x + y = 1050<BR>\n" );
document.write( "And it is also give that Amanda has 3<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2%2F3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2%2F3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > times as many points as Emma. that is;<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = (3 + <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2%2F3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2%2F3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >)x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "   = (9+2/3)x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%2811%2F3%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%2811%2F3%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now substituting this value of y in the first equation and solving for x, we get;<BR>\n" );
document.write( "                        x + y = 1050<BR>\n" );
document.write( "                        x + <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=11x%2F3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"11x%2F3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 1050<BR>\n" );
document.write( "                        3x+11x/3 = 1050<BR>\n" );
document.write( "                        14x = 1050 * 3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "                            x = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3150%2F14 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3150%2F14\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "                               = 225\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore Emma has 225 points. </SPAN>\n" );
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