document.write( "Question 269998: I cannot seem to work this problem out. I am in college algebra and usually problems like this are very easy to me....\r
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I cannot seem to work this problem out. I am in college algebra and usually problems like this are very easy to me....
\n" ); document.write( "My question- One positive number is 3 times another positive number. The difference between the 2 numbers is 34. Find the numbers. \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Let x be the smaller number and y the larger number.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Then we have:\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "1.) y = 3*x
\n" ); document.write( "2.) y - x = 34\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Substitute 3x for y from 1.) in equation 2.):\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "3*x - x = 34\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Solve the above for x. Then calculate y = 3*x. \r
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