document.write( "Question 301445: One number is four more than a second number. Two times the first number is 12 more than four times the second number. \n" ); document.write( "
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X=Y+4
\n" ); document.write( "2X=4Y+12
\n" ); document.write( "2(Y+4)=4Y+12
\n" ); document.write( "2Y+8=4Y+12
\n" ); document.write( "2Y-4Y=12-8
\n" ); document.write( "-2Y=4
\n" ); document.write( "Y=4/-2
\n" ); document.write( "Y=-2 ANS.
\n" ); document.write( "X=-2+4=2 ANS.
\n" ); document.write( "PROOF:
\n" ); document.write( "2*2=4*-2+12
\n" ); document.write( "4=-8+12
\n" ); document.write( "4=4
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