document.write( "Question 278658: the sum of two numbers is the same as four times the smaller number. if twice the larger is decresed by the smaller the result 30. find the numbers? \n" ); document.write( "
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Let x = big number\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "x + y = 4y
\n" ); document.write( "y - 2x = 30\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Those are your two equations in two variables.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Can you finish now?
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