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document.write( "3/8 of the buttons are green. There were 20 more blue buttons than green. The remaining 84 buttons were pink. How many buttons were blue </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Answer: <font color=blue size=4>176</font>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b = number of blue buttons<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b-20 = number of green buttons<BR>\n" );
document.write( "84 = number of pink buttons<BR>\n" );
document.write( "blue+green+pink = b+(b-20)+84 = 2b+64 = total number of buttons\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3/8 of total = number of green<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(3/8)*(2b+64) = b-20<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3(2b+64) = 8(b-20)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6b+192 = 8b-160<BR>\n" );
document.write( "192+160 = 8b-6b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "352 = 2b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b = 352/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b = <font color=blue>176</font><BR>\n" );
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