document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=243390>Question 243390</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 1. One number is 40 more than another. Find the number if the sum is 48.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2. The difference between 6 times a number and 12 equals the sum of the number and thirteen. Find the number.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3. One number exceeds another by 5. If the larger is increased by 5 and the smaller decreased by 8, the larger will be 12 less than twice the smaller. Find the original number.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #178376 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=178376\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 1) X-Y=40<BR>\n" );
document.write( "X+Y=48 ADD<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2X=88<BR>\n" );
document.write( "X=88/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "X=44 ANS.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "44-Y=40<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Y=44-40<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Y=4 ANS.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "PROOF:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "44+4=48<BR>\n" );
document.write( "48=48<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2) 6X-12=X+13<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6X-X=13+12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5X=25<BR>\n" );
document.write( "X=25/5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "X=5 ANS.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "PROOF:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6*5-12=5+13<BR>\n" );
document.write( "30-12=18<BR>\n" );
document.write( "18=18<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3) X-Y=5 OR X=Y+5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(X+5)+12=2(Y-8)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Y+5+5+12=2Y-16<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Y-2Y=-16-5-5-12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-Y=-38<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Y=38 ANS.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "X-38=5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "X=5+38<BR>\n" );
document.write( "X=43 ANS.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "PROOF:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "43+5+12=2(38-8)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "60=2*30<BR>\n" );
document.write( "60=60<BR>\n" );
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