document.write( "Question 375138: The sum of two numbers is 27. One number is 2 times as large as the other. What are the numbers? \n" ); document.write( "
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Let x = one number, so 27 - x = other number.
\n" ); document.write( "x = 2(27 - x), or
\n" ); document.write( "x = 54 - 2x,
\n" ); document.write( "3x = 54,
\n" ); document.write( "x = 18, one number, and
\n" ); document.write( "27 - 18 = 9, the other number.
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