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document.write( "There were some red blue and green rubber bands in a box. 2/5 of the rubber bands were red. There were 40 green rubber bands and 24 more blue rubber bands than red rubber bands. How many were there altogether.  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Here is a solution using one of many possible ways of setting the problem up.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Given that 2/5 of the rubber bands were red...<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let 2x = # of red<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then 5x = total number<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and 5x-2x = 3x = # of blue and green<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "40 = # of green (given)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x+24 = number of blue (24 more than the number of red)<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The equation to solve now uses two expressions we have for the number of blue and green:<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=40%2B%282x%2B24%29=3x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"40%2B%282x%2B24%29=3x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2x%2B64=3x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2x%2B64=3x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x=64 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x=64\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The total number of rubber bands is 5x = 5(64) = 320<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "ANSWER: 320<br><BR>\n" );
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