document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=348748>Question 348748</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Translate into an equation and solve. Let n represent the smaller number.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The sum of two numbers is nineteen. One less than three times the smaller is equal to the larger.  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "n represents smaller number <BR>\n" );
document.write( "(3n-1) the larger<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "n + (3n-1) = 19<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "simplify and solve for n<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4n - 1 = 19<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4n = 20<BR>\n" );
document.write( "n = 5 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "(3n-1) = 14  the larger number<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5 + 14 = 19 </SPAN>\n" );
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