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document.write( "The ratio of apples alicia Ben and Don has 3 to 8 to 4 respectively.  When Ben gave 21 apples to alicia and Don all of them had the same number in the end. How many  apples did Ben have at first.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #843214 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39617)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=843214\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> <PRE STYLE=\"white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: -moz-pre-wrap; white-space: -pre-wrap; white-space: -o-pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;\">\r\n" );
document.write( "Alicia       3x           3x+(21-n)\r\n" );
document.write( "Ben          8x           8x-21\r\n" );
document.write( "Don          4x           4x+n\r\n" );
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document.write( "ADD correspondings....\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Ben initially had <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=8%2A7=highlight%2856%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"8%2A7=highlight%2856%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > apples. </SPAN>\n" );
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