document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=261281>Question 261281</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The sum of two numbers is seventeen. The total of four times the smaller number and two times the larger number is forty-four. Find the two numbers. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "let x be one number and y be the other number<BR>\n" );
document.write( "let y be larger than x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " x +  y = 17 (multiply by -2 and add to 2nd equation)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x + 2y = 44\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-2x - 2y = -34<BR>\n" );
document.write( " 2x + 0y = 10\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2x = 10<BR>\n" );
document.write( " x = 5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5 + y = 17<BR>\n" );
document.write( "    y = 12\r<BR>\n" );
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