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document.write( "Bob and John want to buy a gift. If Bob buys it he will $20 short. If John buys it he will $34 short. If both buy they will $4 short.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "What is the cost of gift.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Bob and John want to buy a gift. If Bob buys it he will $20 short. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "If John buys it he will $34 short. If both buy they will $4 short.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "What is the cost of gift.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x be the price of the gift, in dollars.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Since Bob is 20 dollars short, he has  x-20 dollars;  \r\n" );
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document.write( "similarly, John has x-34 dollars.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Altogether, they have  (x-20) + (x-34) = 2x-54.\r\n" );
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document.write( "It is exactly x-4 dollars (since altogether they are 4 dollars short)\r\n" );
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document.write( "    2x- 54 = x - 4.\r\n" );
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document.write( "From this equation,\r\n" );
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document.write( "    x = 54 - 4 = 50.\r\n" );
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document.write( "<U>ANSWER</U>.  The gift costs 50 dollars.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Solved.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It is an entertainment problem - - - THEREFORE, a solution should be in semi-joking form . . . \r<BR>\n" );
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