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document.write( "1. Dorcas is 12 years old and her brother is 3 years older. Their Father gives them pocket money in the ratio of their ages. If he had R450.00 to give them, what will each one get? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "x = some positive real number<BR>\n" );
document.write( "12x = amount Dorcas gets<BR>\n" );
document.write( "15x = amount her brother gets\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "12x+15x = 450<BR>\n" );
document.write( "27x = 450<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 450/27<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = (9*50)/(9*3)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 50/3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Dorcas = 12x = 12*(50/3) = <font color=red>R200</font><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Brother = 15x = 15*(50/3) = <font color=red>R250</font><BR>\n" );
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