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A rock group plans to travel for a total of 23 weeks, making three concert stops. They will be in Japan for 3 more weeks than they will be in Australia. Their stay in Sweden will be 4 weeks shorter than that in Australia. How many weeks will they be in each country?

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Answer:

The rock group will be in:

Australia for 8 weeks

Japan for 11 weeks

Sweden for 4 weeks.

Explanation:

Let's call the number of weeks the rock group will stay in Australia "x" weeks.

According to the information given:

They will be in Japan for 3 more weeks than in Australia, so they will stay in Japan for (x + 3) weeks.

Their stay in Sweden will be 4 weeks shorter than that in Australia, so they will stay in Sweden for (x - 4) weeks.

The total number of weeks they will be traveling is 23 weeks. Therefore, we can write the equation:

x + (x + 3) + (x - 4) = 23

Now, let's solve for x:

3x - 1 = 23

Add 1 to both sides of the equation:

3x = 24

Now, divide by 3 to isolate x:

x = 24 / 3

x = 8

So, they will be in Australia for 8 weeks.

Now we can find the durations in the other countries:

Japan: x + 3 = 8 + 3 = 11 weeks

Sweden: x - 4 = 8 - 4 = 4 weeks

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