document.write( "Question 391228: Twice one number is equal to 1 more than a second number. The sum of the numbers is 5. Find the numbers please. (I finished my whole worksheet except for 2 problems, because I don't know how to write the equation for them.) \n" ); document.write( "
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You can call the unknown numbers \"a\" and \"b\"
\n" ); document.write( "given:
\n" ); document.write( "(1) \"2a+=+b+%2B+1\"
\n" ); document.write( "(2) \"a+%2B+b+=+5\"
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\n" ); document.write( "I want to get \"a\" and \"b\" both on the left side
\n" ); document.write( "Subtract \"b\" from both sides of (1)
\n" ); document.write( "\"2a+-+b+=+1\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"a+%2B+b+=+5\"
\n" ); document.write( "Now all you have to do is add the equations
\n" ); document.write( "\"3a+=+6\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"a+=+2\"
\n" ); document.write( "Substitute this in (2)
\n" ); document.write( "(2) \"a+%2B+b+=+5\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"2+%2B+b+=+5\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"b+=+3\"
\n" ); document.write( "The numbers are 2 and 3
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