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document.write( "Some sweets were distributed to a group of children. There were as many boys as there were girls. Each girl was given 5 sweets and each boy was given 8 sweets. The boys received 183 more sweets than the girls. How many children were there.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Each boy gets 8-5 = 3 extra sweets compared to each girl.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b = number of boys<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3b = number of extra sweets the boys get compared to the girls.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3b = 183<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b = 183/3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b = 61<BR>\n" );
document.write( "61 boys + 61 girls = 122 children total.<BR>\n" );
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