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document.write( " The sum of two numbers is 97. The larger number is one more than three times the smaller number. Find the numbers.  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The sum of two numbers is 97. The larger number is one more than three times the smaller number. Find the numbers. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x be the smaller number and y the larger.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Then we are given;\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1.) x + y = 97<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2.) y = 3*x + 1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "From 1.) we know that y = 97 - x so we can \"substitute\" 97 - x for y in equation 2.):\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "97 - x = 3*x + 1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve the equation above for x and then calculate y = 97 - x. </SPAN>\n" );
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