document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=278658>Question 278658</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 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? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x = larger number <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let y = smaller number <BR>\n" );
document.write( "x + y = 4y --> x = 3y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x - y = 30<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2*3y - y = 30<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5y = 30<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = 6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 18<BR>\n" );
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