document.write( "Question 314485: The sum of two numbers is 21. Three times the smaller number is two less than twice the larger number. Find the two numbers. \n" ); document.write( "

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1. $\"A%2BB=21\"$
\n" ); document.write( "2. $\"3%2AA=2%2AB-2\"$
\n" ); document.write( "Multiply eq. 1 by 3,
\n" ); document.write( " $\"3A%2B3B=63\"$
\n" ); document.write( "Now substitute eq. 2,
\n" ); document.write( " $\"2B-2%2B3B=63\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"5B-2=63\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"5B=65\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"highlight%28B=13%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( "Then from eq. 1,
\n" ); document.write( " $\"A%2B13=21\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"highlight%28A=8%29\"$
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