document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=120402>Question 120402</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> There are 10 more boys than girls in a class.  If one more girl joins the class, there will be twice as many boys as there are girls.  How many boys and how many girls are there in the class? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Original numbers:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let number of girls be \"x\", then number of boys is \"x+10\".<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Numbers after the change:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "# of girls = x+1 ; # of boys is still \"x+10\"<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "EQUATION:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+10 = 2(x+1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+10 = 2x+2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 8 (original # of girls) ; x+10 = 18 (original # of boys)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "San H.<BR>\n" );
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