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\n" ); document.write( "5 friends each ordered either a bowl of noodles at $2.50 or a plate of fish and chips at $5.00. If they spent $17.50 how many of them had noodles.
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$\"f\"$ $\"%22=%22\"$ $\"number\"$ $\"of\"$ $\"friends\"$ $\"who\"$ $\"ordered\"$ $\"fish\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"n\"$ $\"%22=%22\"$ $\"number\"$ $\"of\"$ $\"friends\"$ $\"who\"$ $\"ordered\"$ $\"noodles\"$
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"system%28f%2Bn=5%2C5f%2B2.5n=17.5%29\"$ --> $\"system%28n=5-f%2C10f%2B5n=35%29\"$ --> $\"system%28n=5-f%2C10f%2B5%285-f%29=35%29\"$ --> $\"system%28n=5-f%2C10f%2B25-5f=35%29\"$ --> $\"system%28n=5-f%2C10f-5f=35-25%29\"$ --> $\"system%28n=5-f%2C5f=10%29\"$ --> $\"system%28n=5-f%2Cf=2%29\"$ --> $\"system%28n=5-2%2Cf=2%29\"$ --> $\"highlight%28system%28n=3%2Cf=2%29%29\"$ \n" ); document.write( "

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