document.write( "Question 258426: One positive number is 5 times another number. The difference between the two numbers is 68, find the numbers \n" ); document.write( "

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Call the numbers A and B.
\n" ); document.write( " $\"A=5B\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"A-B=68\"$
\n" ); document.write( "Substitute for A in the second equation using the first equation.
\n" ); document.write( " $\"5B-B=68\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"4B=68\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"B=17\"$
\n" ); document.write( "Then,
\n" ); document.write( " $\"A=5B=5%2817%29=85\"$ \r
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