document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=370249>Question 370249</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Grant is thinking of two numbers. He says that one of the numbers is six times the other number decreased by 2 and the sum of the numbers is 25. What are the numbers? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "let thenumbers be x & y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+y =25......................1<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x=6y-2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x-6y=-2......................2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "multiply equation1 by -1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "we get<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-x-y=-25<BR>\n" );
document.write( "add it to (2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-6y-y=-25-2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-7y=-27<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=3.85<BR>\n" );
document.write( "plug value of y in (1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+3.85=25<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=25-3.85<BR>\n" );
document.write( "we get x= 21.15<BR>\n" );
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