document.write( "Question 1189680: Craig has 7 times as many baseball cards as Juan. If Craig gives 18 baseball cards to Juan, the two children will have exactly the same amount. How many baseball cards do they have altogether?
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document.write( " x = # of Juan's cards;\r\n" );
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document.write( "7x = # of Craig cards.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Equation\r\n" );
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document.write( "    7x - 18 = x + 18\r\n" );
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document.write( "Solution\r\n" );
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document.write( "    7x - x = 18 + 18\r\n" );
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document.write( "      6x   = 36\r\n" );
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document.write( "       x   = 36/6 = 6.\r\n" );
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document.write( "ANSWER.  Altogether, they have x + 7x = 8x = 6*8 = 48 cards.\r\n" );
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