document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=358309>Question 358309</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Two numbers differ by 6.  Five times the smaller is 6 more than three times the larger.  What are the numbers? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "the other will be x+6<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5x=3(x+6)+6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5x=3x+18+6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5x-3x=24<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x=24<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x= 12<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the other number is x+6 = 12+6 =18<BR>\n" );
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