document.write( "Question 1195154: Kyle and Zoey have 135 crayons altogether. The number of crayons Kyle has is equal to 50% of Zoey's crayons. How many more crayons does Zoey have than Kyle? \n" ); document.write( "

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\n" ); document.write( "Kyle and Zoey have 135 crayons altogether.
\n" ); document.write( "The number of crayons Kyle has is equal to 50% of Zoey's crayons.
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document.write( "Let x be number of the Zoey's crayons.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then the number of Kyle's crayons is 0.5x.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The given is that\r\n" );
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document.write( "    x + 0.5x = 135,\r\n" );
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document.write( "      1.5x  = 135\r\n" );
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document.write( "which implies  x =  = 90.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Thus Zoey has 90 crayons, while Kyle has 0.5*90 = 45 crayons.\r\n" );
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document.write( "So, the answer to the problem is 90 - 45 = 45 crayons.\r\n" );
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