document.write( "Question 342198: the sum of two numbers is twenty-three. the larger number is five more than twice the smaller number. find the two numbers. \n" ); document.write( "
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Let the two numbers be A and B.
\n" ); document.write( "\"A%2BB=23\"
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\n" ); document.write( "\"B=5%2B2A\"
\n" ); document.write( "Substitute,
\n" ); document.write( "\"A%2B%285%2B2A%29=23\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"3A%2B5=23\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"3A=18\"
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\n" ); document.write( "Then from above,
\n" ); document.write( "\"6%2BB=23\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight%28B=17%29\"
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