document.write( "Question 1200974: divide N102 among three boys A, B and C , so that A gets twice as much as B and C gets 1 1/2 times as much as A. How much does each boy get?
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document.write( "BOYS           N\r\n" );
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document.write( "A             2b\r\n" );
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document.write( "B              b\r\n" );
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document.write( "C              1.5*2b\r\n" );
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document.write( "Total          102\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"2b%2Bb%2B%281%261%2F2%292b=102\"$ --------simplify and solve for b.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"3b%2B3b=102\"$ \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"6b=102\"$ \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"b=102%2F6\"$ \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"highlight%28b=17%29\"$ -----------and you can find the other two values. \n" ); document.write( "

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