document.write( "Question 1203904: The Sport Shop in town sells bicycles and tricycles.
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document.write( "The Sport Shop in town sells bicycles and tricycles.\r\n" );
document.write( "While looking around, Alyson counted 133 wheels and 45 total cycles.\r\n" );
document.write( "How many tricycles are in the store?\r\n" );
document.write( "While you may find the number of bicycles, do not include that in your answer. \r\n" );
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document.write( "I know the answer is 43 but how?\r\n" );
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document.write( "Let number of tricycles be T\r\n" );
document.write( "Then number of bicycles = 45 - T\r\n" );
document.write( "Number of wheels on bicycles and tricycles are 2 and 3, respectively\r\n" );
document.write( "With total number of wheels being 133, we get: 3T + 2(45 - T) = 133\r\n" );
document.write( "                                                 3T + 90 - 2T = 133\r\n" );
document.write( "                                                      3T - 2T = 133 - 90\r\n" );
document.write( "                                Number of tricycles, or T = 43
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