document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=230389>Question 230389</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Roger maris and babe ruth are amopng the ten baseball players with the most home runs in a major league baseball season. The number of homeruns by these players for the season are consecutive odd integers who  sum is 120. determine the number of homers hit by ruth and by maris. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #170610 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=texttutoring><B>texttutoring(324)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-10.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=texttutoring><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=texttutoring><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=170610\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> We need 2 Equations with 2 Variables.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Eqn 1: x+y=120<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Eqn 2: x-y=2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Note on Eqn 2: Consecutive odd numbers have a difference of 2. For example, 7-5=2, 9-7=2, 11-9=2 and so on.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Eqn 2: x=2+y\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Substitute this into Eqn 1:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2+y+y=120<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2y=118<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=59\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "From Eqn 2:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x-y=2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x-59=2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=61\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The two numbers are 59 and 61. </SPAN>\n" );
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