document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=312627>Question 312627</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The larger of two numbers is four times the smaller. If their difference is eighteen, find the numbers. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let's have x be the small number and y be the larger number so we can set up 2 equations as:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x=y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y-x=18<BR>\n" );
document.write( "We can solve this by substitution. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x-x=18 Rewritten as:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x=18<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=6 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Therefore <BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=24<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Make sense?<BR>\n" );
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