document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=213305>Question 213305</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Solve algebraically, using one variable. The sum of two positive integers is 25. The larger integer is five less than four times the smaller one. What are the two integers? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x = smaller of the two numbers<BR>\n" );
document.write( "then because \"The sum of two positive integers is 25\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "25-x = larger of two numbers<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "25-x = 4x - 5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "25 = 5x - 5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "30 = 5x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6 = x (smaller number)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Larger number:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "25-x = 25-6 = 19 (larger number)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The two integers are 6 and 19.\r<BR>\n" );
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