document.write( "Question 411283: Select the set of equations that represents the following situation:
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let two numbers be \"x\" and \"y\", and \"y%3Cx\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "the sum of two numbers, \"x\" and \"y\" is \"52\"...->\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\"x%2By=52\"........1\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "and their difference is twenty-five more than the smaller number\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x-y%2B25=x\"..........2........solve system 1,2\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x%2By=52\"........1\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\"x-y%2B25=x\"..........2.....solve for \"y\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"25=y\"....substitute in 1\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x%2B25=52\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x=52-25\"\r
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