document.write( "Question 360113: one number is five more than three times a smaller one. if four times the larger number is subtracted from twice the smaller one, the result is 0. find each of the numbers \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Hi,
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document.write( "Let x represent the smaller number,  then the larger number is (3x + 5)
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document.write( "write as we read***
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document.write( "2x -4(3x +5) = 0
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document.write( "solve for x
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document.write( "2x - 12x - 20 = 0
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document.write( "-10x - 20 = 0
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document.write( "-10x = 20
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document.write( "x = -2 is the smaller number
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document.write( "(3x + 5) = -2*3 + 5 = -1  is the larger number
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document.write( "checking our answer
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document.write( "2*-2 - 4*(3*-2 + 5) = -4 - 4*-1 = -4 + 4 = 0 \n" );
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