document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=18346>Question 18346</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A set of children's blocks contains 3 shapes: Longs, flats & cubes<BR>\n" );
document.write( "There are 3 times as many longs as cubes and 30 fewer flats than longs. If there are 600 blocks in all, how many longs are there? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "so 3x is amount of longs<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and flats=3x-30<BR>\n" );
document.write( "put these together to total 600<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+3x+3x-30=600<BR>\n" );
document.write( "7x-30=600 add 30 to both sides<BR>\n" );
document.write( "7x=630 divide both sides by 7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=90<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so number of longs =3x = 3 X 90=270<BR>\n" );
document.write( "270 longs<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Pete </SPAN>\n" );
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