document.write( "Question 175345: a number is twice another number. if their sum is48 find the numbers. \n" ); document.write( "
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Call the first number A and the second number B.
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\n" ); document.write( "\"a number is twice another number\"
\n" ); document.write( "1.\"A=2%2AB\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"their sum is 48\"
\n" ); document.write( "2.\"A%2BB=48\"
\n" ); document.write( "Substitute eq. 1 into eq. 2 and solve for B.
\n" ); document.write( "2.\"A%2BB=48\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"%282B%29%2BB=48\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"3B=48\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"B=16\"
\n" ); document.write( "Use eq.1 to solve for A.
\n" ); document.write( "1.\"A=2%2AB\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"A=2%2A16\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"A=32\"
\n" ); document.write( "Your two numbers are 32 and 16.
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