document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1210615>Question 1210615</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Lauri and Anže are baking cookies for a village festival. Anže baked 2/3 as many cookies as Lauri. After the morning rush, Anže had 10 fewer cookies left than the number he had originally baked. Lauri had 1/4 as many cookies left as Anže. By the end of the day, the difference between the number of cookies they each had left was 30. How many cookies did Lauri bake at first? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%282%2F3%29x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%282%2F3%29x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >=number of cookies Anže baked<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If we assume that \"after the morning rush\" and \"by the end of the day\" are the same time, and the time when<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Anže had 10 fewer cookies left than the number he had originally baked, and<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Lauri had 1/4 as many cookies left as Anže,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "we have enough data to solve the problem.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "At the end, Anže had <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%282%2F3%29x-10 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%282%2F3%29x-10\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > cookies left,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "while Lauri had <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%281%2F4%29%28%282%2F3%29x-10%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%281%2F4%29%28%282%2F3%29x-10%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > cookies left.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The difference is:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%282%2F3%29x-10-%281%2F4%29%28%282%2F3%29x-10%29=%281-1%2F4%29%28%282%2F3%29x-10%29=%283%2F4%29%28%282%2F3%29x-10%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > cookies, and we are told that<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%283%2F4%29%28%282%2F3%29x-10%29=30 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%283%2F4%29%28%282%2F3%29x-10%29=30\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >Multiplying both side times <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=4%2F3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"4%2F3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >  , we get<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%282%2F3%29x-10=40 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%282%2F3%29x-10=40\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >--><IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%282%2F3%29x=50 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%282%2F3%29x=50\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >--><IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x=50%283%2F2%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x=50%283%2F2%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >--><IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x=highlight%2875%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x=highlight%2875%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > </SPAN>\n" );
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