document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=263440>Question 263440</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The sum of two numbers is 39.  The greater number is 5 less than 3 times the smaller number.  What are the two numbers? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "(i) a + b = 35<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(ii) a = 3b - 5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "substituting (ii) into (i), we get<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(iii) 3b-5 + b = 35<BR>\n" );
document.write( "combine like terms to get<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(iv) 4b - 5 = 35<BR>\n" );
document.write( "adding 5 we get<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(v) 4b = 40<BR>\n" );
document.write( "dividing, we get<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b = 10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a = 25 </SPAN>\n" );
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