document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=415249>Question 415249</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> One number is two less than a second number.  Twice the first is 4 more than 3 times the second. what are the numbers? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let number are x and y.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = y-2 .........(1)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2x = 3y + 4 ..............(2)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2y - 4 = 3y + 4.................from (1)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "=> y  = -8\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = -8 -2 = -10\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "first number is -10, second is -8 \r<BR>\n" );
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