document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=146976>Question 146976</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find two numbers whose difference is 10 and1/6 of whose sum is 11.  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "(1/6)(a+b)=11\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve by substitution.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "From the first equation: a=10+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Put that into the second equation.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(1/6)(10+2b)=11<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10+2b=66<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2b=56<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b=28\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now from the first equation,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a-28=10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a=38.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So, 28 and 38 are two such numbers.\r<BR>\n" );
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