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document.write( "Three friends got the prize money worth ​$170,000. The first friend would get three times the amount of the third​ friend's portion. The third friend would get four times the amount of the second​ friend's portion. Determine the amount that each friend would receive. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "A quick reading shows the first friend gets more than the third and the third gets more than the second.  So, to avoid fractions, let c represent the smallest of the three amounts -- the amount the second friend gets.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let x = amount second friend gets<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then 4x = amount the third friend gets (four times the amount the second gets)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then 3(4x)=12x = amount the first friend gets (three times the amount the third gets)<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The total is $17,000:<br><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve the equation using basic algebra; then answer the question<br>\r<BR>\n" );
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