document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=173888>Question 173888</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The sum of two numbers is 15. Three times one of the numbers is 11 less than five times the other. Find the numbers. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #128801 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Mathtut><B>Mathtut(3670)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Mathtut><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=128801\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> let a and b be the two numbers<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a+b=15....eq 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3a=5b-11..eq 2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "re write eq 1 to a=15-b and take a's value of 15-b and plug it into eq 2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3(15-b)=5b-11<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "45-3b=5b-11<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "8b=56<BR>\n" );
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