document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=334042>Question 334042</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> One number is 11 more than another. Find the two numbers if three times the larger number exceeds four times the smaller number by 4. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "let larger number be x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the smaller number be y<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x-y = 11...............1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x = 4y +4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x-4y=4................2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "multiply equation 1 by -3 and add it to equation 2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-3x+3y=-33<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x-4y=4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-y=-29<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y= 29<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x-y = 11<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x-29=11<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x= 29+11<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x= 40<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The numbers are 29,40<BR>\n" );
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