document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=126438>Question 126438</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1565771400/algebrahomeworkh>Algebra 2-Incremental Development</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Flotsam and Jetsam littered the beach.  the pieces of Flotsam numbered 160 more than the pieces of Jetsam, and 6 times the number of pieces of Jetsam outnumbered the number of pieces of Flotsam by 40.  How many pieces of each were there? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "\"6 times the number of pieces of Jetsam outnumbered the number of pieces of Flotsam by 40\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "__ 6J=F+40\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "substituting the value of F from the first equation into the second equation<BR>\n" );
document.write( "__ 6J=(J+160)+40\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "6J=J+200 __ 5J=200 </SPAN>\n" );
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