document.write( "Question 339069: Solve the problem. The difference between two numbers is 4. Two times the smaller number minus four times the larger is -28. What are the numbers? \n" ); document.write( "

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1. $\"A-B=4\"$
\n" ); document.write( "2. $\"2B-4A=-28\"$
\n" ); document.write( "Multiply eq. 1 by (2) and add to eq. 2,
\n" ); document.write( " $\"2A-2B%2B2B-4A=8-28\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"-2A=-20\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"highlight%28A=10%29\"$
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"10-B=4\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"highlight%28B=6%29\"$
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