document.write( "Question 365060: the sum of twice one number and three times another is twenty more than the difference between them. what are the two numbers if one of the number is ten more than the other? what are the two numbers if one of the numbers is twice as much as the other? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "two numbers: one of the number is ten more than the other?
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document.write( "Let x represent one of the numbers, (n+10) the other
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document.write( "2n + 3(n+10) = [(n+10) - n] + 20
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document.write( "solving for n
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document.write( "2n + 3n + 30 = 30
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document.write( "n = 0
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document.write( "(0+30)= 30
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document.write( "0 and 30 are the numbers\r
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document.write( "one of the numbers is twice as much as the other
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document.write( "Let x represent one of the numbers, 2x the other\r
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document.write( "2x + 3*2x = x +20
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document.write( "7x = 20
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document.write( "x = 20/7
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document.write( "20/7 and 40/7 are the two numbers  \n" );
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