document.write( "Question 248973: the difference of two numbers is twelve. three times the smaller one is four less than twice the larger. find the smaller number \n" ); document.write( "
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x-y=12 or x=12+y
\n" ); document.write( "3x=2y-4 replace x in this equation by (12+y) & solve for y
\n" ); document.write( "3(12+y)=2y-4
\n" ); document.write( "36+3y=2y-4
\n" ); document.write( "3y-2y=-4-36
\n" ); document.write( "y=-40 ans.
\n" ); document.write( "x=12-40
\n" ); document.write( "x=-28 ans.
\n" ); document.write( "Proof:
\n" ); document.write( "3*-28=2*-40-4
\n" ); document.write( "-84=-80-4
\n" ); document.write( "-84=-84\r
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