document.write( "Question 1205528: Bod wants to put his footballs into boxes.
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Bod wants to put his footballs into boxes.
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document.write( "What is the smallest number of footballs that Bob could own?\r\n" );
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document.write( "If he uses B big boxes, then he has 7B + 4 footballs.\r\n" );
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document.write( "If he uses S small boxes, then he has 5S + 4 footballs.\r\n" );
document.write( "S small boxes.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then he has 7B + 4 and also 5S + 4 footballs \r\n" );
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document.write( "The smallest number of footballs is when B and S are the smallest\r\n" );
document.write( "they can be and be whole numbers.\r\n" );
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document.write( "That's when B=5 and S=7\r\n" );
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document.write( "So he has 7B+4 = 7(5)+4 = 35+4 = 39 footballs.\r\n" );
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document.write( "It's also when he has 5S+4 = 5(7)+4 = 35+4 = 39 footballs.\r\n" );
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