document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=409570>Question 409570</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> find two numbers whose sum is -64, if twice the first is one more than the second.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "if twice the first is one more than the second.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x + y = -64<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x = y+1<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Substitute for \"x\" and solve for \"y\":<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2(-64-y) = y+1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-128-2y = y+1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3y = -129<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = -43<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve for \"x\":<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x + y = -64<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x - 43 = -64<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = -21<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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