document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=280493>Question 280493</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> One number is 18 more than another, and the sum of the smaller number and twice the larger number is 45. Find the two numbers. (Show the two variable equations used to solve it and then the solution)  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #203879 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mananth><B>mananth(16946)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mananth><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=mananth><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=203879\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> let one number be x, the smaller one\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "and the other be y\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x+18=y\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x-y=-18--------------1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x+2y=45-------------2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "subtract 2 from 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-3y =-63\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y=-63/-3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=21\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x=3\r<BR>\n" );
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