document.write( "Question 302367: One number is 4 more than another, and their sum is 60. What is the smaller number? \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "Let x be the number so the equation will be:
\n" ); document.write( "x+(x+4)=60 Rewritten as:
\n" ); document.write( "2x+4=60 Subtract 4 and divide by 2 from both sides to get:
\n" ); document.write( "x=28
\n" ); document.write( "There we go. Make sense?
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