document.write( "Question 229245: The difference between 2 positive integers is 36. One integers is three times as great as the other. Find the integers.
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The difference between 2 positive integers is 36. One integers is three times as great as the other. Find the integers.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "I took the liberty of representing each integer as a different variable, so:
\n" ); document.write( "Y-X=36
\n" ); document.write( "Y-3X=0\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "If you multiply the 2nd equation by -1
\n" ); document.write( "Y-X=36
\n" ); document.write( "-Y+3X=0\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "From here you add the 2 equations together\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "0+2X=36
\n" ); document.write( "X=18\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Now you plug that back into the original function.
\n" ); document.write( "Y-18=36
\n" ); document.write( "Y=54\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "And this is true because
\n" ); document.write( "54-3*18=0
\n" ); document.write( "54-54=0\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So
\n" ); document.write( "One Integer is 54, the other is 18. \n" ); document.write( "

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