document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=284338>Question 284338</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The sum of two numbers is fourteen.  The difference between two times the smaller and the larger is one.  Find the two numbers. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "x smaller number, y larger number\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x + y = 14<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x - y = 1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y = 14 - x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2x - 14 + x = 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x - 14 = 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x = 15<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y = 14 - 5 = 9\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the 2 numbers are 5 and 9<BR>\n" );
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