document.write( "Question 274615: The sum of a number and twice a second number is 12. If the difference between 3 times the first number and the second number is 1, find the numbers.\r
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a= one number
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\n" ); document.write( "a+2b=12, a=12-2b
\n" ); document.write( "3a-b=1
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\n" ); document.write( "a+2b=12
\n" ); document.write( "6a-2b=2
\n" ); document.write( "7a=14
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\n" ); document.write( "a=12-2b
\n" ); document.write( "2=12-2b
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