document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=280892>Question 280892</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The sum of two numbers is greater than 27. The second number is 3 less than the first. What are the possible values for the first two numbers?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In your answer, denote the first number by x. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "So x will be one number and the other number we\"ll call y. We'll set up two different equations to look like this:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+y>27<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=x-3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "OK, so plug in the second equation into the first to look like this:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+x-3>27 Add 3 to both sides and combine terms to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x>30 Divide both sides by 2 to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x>15<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Plug this answer into the second equation and we'll get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=>12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Make sense? <BR>\n" );
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