document.write( "Question 1207297: Xavier works in an amusement park and is helping decorate it with strands of lights. This morning, he used a total of 28 strands of lights to decorate 4 bushes and 1 tree. This afternoon, he strung lights on 3 bushes and 1 tree, using a total of 24 strands. Assuming that all bushes are decorated one way and all trees are decorated another, how many strands did Xavier use on each \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "As you read the problem, you should notice in your mind, that the difference \r\n" );
document.write( "between work done in the morning and in the afternoon is 4-3 = 1 bush and 28-24=4 strands of lights.\r\n" );
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document.write( "So, you conclude that Xavier uses 4 strands of lights to decorate each bush.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Thus this morning he used 4*4 = 16 strands of lights to decorate 4 bushes,\r\n" );
document.write( "and the rest 28-16 = 12 strands of lights to decorate one tree.\r\n" );
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document.write( "ANSWER.  4 strands of lights for each bush and 12 strands of lights for each tree.\r\n" );
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document.write( "CHECK the number of strands of lights used in the afternoon:  4*3+12 = 24.   ! correct !\r\n" );
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