document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=165256>Question 165256</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> One number is four more than a second number. Two times the first number is 12 more than four times the second number. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x = second number<BR>\n" );
document.write( "then from \"One number is four more than a second number\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+4 = first number<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "From \"Two times the first number is 12 more than four times the second number\" we get our equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2(x+4) = 12 + 4x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x+8 = 12 + 4x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8 = 12 + 2x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-4 = 2x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-2 = x (second number)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "First number:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+4 = -2+4 = 2 (first number)<BR>\n" );
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