document.write( "Question 361469: the sum of two numbers is the same as four times the smaller number.if twice the larger is decreased by the smaller,the result is 30. find the numbers \n" ); document.write( "

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a+b=4b
\n" ); document.write( "2a-b=30
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\n" ); document.write( "a=3b
\n" ); document.write( "2(3b)-b=30
\n" ); document.write( "6b-b=30
\n" ); document.write( "5b=30
\n" ); document.write( "b=6
\n" ); document.write( "a=3(6)
\n" ); document.write( "a=18 \n" ); document.write( "

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