document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=421728>Question 421728</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A number is three times another number.  When the numbers are added, their sum is 60.  What are the two numbers? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "and the another number be \"3x\"\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "when these two numbers are added, their sum is 60\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x+3x=60<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x=60<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=60/4\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x=15\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore the numbers are x=15<BR>\n" );
document.write( "                        and 3x=3(15)=45 </SPAN>\n" );
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