SOLUTION: A ROCK GROUP PLANS TO TRAVEL FOR A TOTAL OF 38 WEEKS MAKING THREE CONCERT STOPS. THEY WILL BE IN JAPAN FOR 4 MORE WEEKS THEN THEY WILL BE IN AUSTRALIA. THEIR STAY IN SWEDEN WIL

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Question 513926: A ROCK GROUP PLANS TO TRAVEL FOR A TOTAL OF 38 WEEKS MAKING THREE CONCERT STOPS. THEY WILL BE IN JAPAN FOR 4 MORE WEEKS THEN THEY WILL BE IN AUSTRALIA. THEIR STAY IN SWEDEN WILL BE 2 WEEKS SHORTER THAN THAT IN AUSTRALIA. HOW MANY WEEKS WILL THEY BE IN EACH COUNTRY?
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38 weeks in all
3 stops
Australia x weeks
Japan x%2B4 weeks
Sweden x-2 weeks
add all:
x%2B%28x%2B4%29%2B%28x-2%29=38
x%2Bx%2B4%2Bx-2=38
3x%2B2=38
3x=38-2
3x=36
x=36%2F3
x=12.........in Australia
so, in
Japan x%2B4=12%2B4=16 weeks
in

Sweden x-2=12-2=10 weeks