document.write( "Question 159296: The average of two numbers is 7. Find the numbers if three times one of the numbers is one half the other number.\r
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document.write( "------------> 2nd number
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document.write( "1st condition, average is 7:
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document.write( "2nd condition: 3 times one number equals half the other,
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document.write( "In 2nd condition we get by cross multiplying:
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document.write( " ------> condition 3, and substitute in condition 1:
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document.write( " ----> 
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document.write( " , 1st number
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document.write( "Via condition3:
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document.write( ", 2nd number
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document.write( "Check via condition 1:
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document.write( "Check via condition 2:
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document.write( "Thank you,
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