document.write( "Question 357498: The sum of two numbers is twice their difference. The larger number is 7 more than twice the smaller. Find the numbers. \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Hi,
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document.write( "Let x be the smaller number. Then (2x+7) would be the larger number.
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document.write( "Write as we read
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document.write( "x + (2x+7) = 2[( 2x+7) - x]
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document.write( "simplify and Solve
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document.write( "3x + 7= 2[x + 7]
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document.write( "3x + 7 = 2x + 14
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document.write( "x = 7
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document.write( "(2x+7)= 21
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document.write( "7 and 21 are the numbers
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document.write( "checking the answer
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document.write( "28 = 2*14 \n" );
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