document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=351655>Question 351655</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Three times one number added to five times another number is 54.  The second number is two less than the first.  Use a system of equations to find the numbers. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let first number is x, second is y.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "according to question <BR>\n" );
document.write( "            3x + 5y = 54         .....(1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "             x-2   = y           ......(2)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "now put y = x-2 in equation (1)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "then 3x + 5(x-2) = 54\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "   => 3x + 5x -10 = 54 \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "   => 8x -10  = 54 \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "    =>  8x = 54 + 10\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "    => x = 64/8 =8 <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "   then   y = x-2 = 8-2 = 6\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "so, first number is 8, second is 6.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "   \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "ometimes there may be typing mistake in solution of a problem, so please ignore it. Understand the concept and try the problem yourself.  </SPAN>\n" );
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