document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=2819>Question 2819</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Help! The sum of two integers is 10. Three times the larger integer is three less than eight times the smaller integer. Find the integers. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Sum of two integers  = 10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=> x+y = 10.......eq(1)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x > y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So , three time the larger integer is three less then eight times the smaller integer<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=> 3x = 8y -3........eq(2)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "From equation(1) <BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 10-y\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "substituting the value of x in eq(2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3(10-y) = 8y -3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=> 30 -3y = 8y -3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=> 33 = 11y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=> y = 3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "substituting the value of y in eq(1) to get value of x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=> x = 10-3 =7\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So the two integers are 7 and 3 </SPAN>\n" );
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