document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=201832>Question 201832</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> One number is fourteen more than twice another. If their sum is decreased by nine, the result is seventeen. Find the numbers. (Enter solutions from smallest to largest.) </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #152069 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=checkley77><B>checkley77(12844)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=checkley77><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=152069\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> x=2y+14<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+y-9=14<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=y=14+9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+y=23<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=-y+23 multiply by 2 & add these 2 equations.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=2y+14<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x=-2y+46<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3x=60<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=60/3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=20 ans.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "20=2y+14<BR>\n" );
document.write( "20-14=2y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2y=6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=6/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=3 ans.<BR>\n" );
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