document.write( "Question 314719: Three times a larger number added to 4 times a smaller number totals 24. When twice the smaller number is subtracted from twice the larger number, the result is 2. What are the two numbers? \n" ); document.write( "
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Three times a larger number added to 4 times a smaller number totals 24.
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\n" ); document.write( "3L + 4S = 24
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\n" ); document.write( "When twice the smaller number is subtracted from twice the larger number, the result is 2.
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\n" ); document.write( "2L - 2S = 2
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\n" ); document.write( "What are the two numbers?
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\n" ); document.write( "Rearrange:
\n" ); document.write( "L - S = 1
\n" ); document.write( "3L + 4S = 24
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\n" ); document.write( "Substitute for \"L\" and solve for \"S\":
\n" ); document.write( "3(S+1)+4S = 24
\n" ); document.write( "7S + 3 = 24
\n" ); document.write( "S = 3 (smaller number)
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\n" ); document.write( "Since L = S+1, L = 4 (larger number)
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