document.write( "Question 298712: A cat, a fox and a dog share a portion of 450 grams of meat. If two foxes eat as much as three cats and two cats eat as much as a dog, how many grams of meat does the fox eat?
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document.write( "let dog eats x grams\r\n" );
document.write( "cat eats x/2\r\n" );
document.write( "3 cats eat 3x/2\r\n" );
document.write( "2 foxes eat 3x/2\r\n" );
document.write( "each fox eats 3x/4\r\n" );
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document.write( "The setup equation is\r\n" );
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document.write( "     = 450\r\n" );
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document.write( "Simplify and find x\r\n" );
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document.write( "     = 450\r\n" );
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document.write( "    9x = 450*4\r\n" );
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document.write( "    x =  = 50*4 = 200.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Thus, the dog eats 200 grams of meat.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Hence, the cat eats  x/2 = 200/2 = 100 grams of meat,\r\n" );
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document.write( "       the fox eats 3x/4 = 3*200/4 = 3*50 = 150 grams of meat.\r\n" );
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document.write( "At this point, the problem is solved completely.\r\n" );
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document.write( "ANNSWER.  The fox eats 150 grams of meat.\r\n" );
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document.write( "CHECK the total:  dog + cat + fox = 200 + 100 + 150 = 450 grams.  ! Precisely correct !\r\n" );
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