document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=141280>Question 141280</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0130442631/algebrahomeworkh>prentice hall algebra 1</A><BR>\n" );
document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How do I solve using a system of equations in two variables?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Three times the larger of two numbers is equal to four times the smaller.  The sum of the numbers i 21.  Find the numbers. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Three times the larger of two numbers is equal to four times the smaller then 3x=4y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The sum of the numbers is 21 then<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+y=21\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y=21-x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3x=4(21-x)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x=-4x+84<BR>\n" );
document.write( "7x=84<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and y=21-12=9<BR>\n" );
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