document.write( "Question 1206974: Hi
\n" ); document.write( "Jason Alice frank and candy had a total of $994.00. Jason spent a quarter of his money and Alice received some more money to triple what she had at first. Frank spent 50 dollars and candy received $90. Now they all had equal amounts of money. How much did each have at first.
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Algebra.Com's Answer #844726 by josgarithmetic(39617)\"\" \"About 
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document.write( "Jason    j           3j/4\r\n" );
document.write( "Alice    a           3a\r\n" );
document.write( "Frank    f            f-50\r\n" );
document.write( "Candi    c            c+90\r\n" );
document.write( "TOTAL    994\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Equations 2, 3, and 4 give, j, a, and c, in terms of f.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Substitute into the TOTAL 994 equation.
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