document.write( "Question 408092: i think of a pair of numbers.if i add 7 to the first.i obtain a number which is twice the second if i add 20 to the second.i obtain a number which is four times the first.what are the numbers? \n" ); document.write( "
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i think of a pair of numbers.
\n" ); document.write( "if i add 7 to the first.i obtain a number which is twice the second if i add 20 to the second.i obtain a number which is four times the first.what are the numbers?
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\n" ); document.write( "Two numbers, x & y
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\n" ); document.write( "\"I think of a pair of numbers, If I add 7 to the first, I obtain a number which is twice the second\"
\n" ); document.write( "x + 7 = 2y
\n" ); document.write( "x = (2y-7)
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\n" ); document.write( "\"If I add 20 to the second, I obtain a number which is four times the first.\"
\n" ); document.write( "4x = y + 20
\n" ); document.write( "Replace x with (2y-7)
\n" ); document.write( "4(2y-7) = y + 20
\n" ); document.write( "8y - 28 = y + 20
\n" ); document.write( "8y - y = 20 + 28
\n" ); document.write( "7y = 48
\n" ); document.write( "y = \"48%2F7\"
\n" ); document.write( "y = 6\"6%2F7\"; the 2nd number
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\n" ); document.write( "Find x:
\n" ); document.write( "x = 2y - 7
\n" ); document.write( "x = 2(\"48%2F7\" - 7
\n" ); document.write( "x = \"96%2F7\" - \"49%2F7\"
\n" ); document.write( "x = \"47%2F7\"
\n" ); document.write( "x = 6\"5%2F7\"; the 1st number
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\n" ); document.write( "Check solutions in the statement:
\n" ); document.write( "\"If I add 20 to the second, I obtain a number which is four times the first.\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"48%2F7\" + 20 = 4(\"47%2F7\")
\n" ); document.write( "\"48%2F7\" + \"140%2F7\" = \"188%2F7\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"188%2F7\" = \"188%2F7\"; confirms our solutions
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