document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1204382>Question 1204382</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hi, <BR>\n" );
document.write( "So my friends have been going crazy over a problem. I'm not sure of the exact wording of the problem, so if there is a similar version in your mind which makes more sense, please assume it to be the real version. (The way you guys assume that when a student says x + 1 / 2 they mean <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28x+%2B+1%29+%2F+2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28x+%2B+1%29+%2F+2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >  )\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "\"I have two more sisters than brothers and each of my sisters have two more sisters than brothers. How many more sisters than brothers does the oldest brother have?\"\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This is a bit of a variation on a similar problem I posted recently. Please walk me through this. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thank you!! </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x+%2B+1%2F2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x+%2B+1%2F2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.....since you have fraction <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, you can write <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > as a fraction like this: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2x%2F2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2x%2F2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2x%2F2+%2B+1%2F2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2x%2F2+%2B+1%2F2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.... <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >is common denominator, so you add numerators\r<BR>\n" );
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