document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=426311>Question 426311</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> the second of two numbers is two more than three times the first number. Their sum is negative twenty-two </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "x = first number<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x + 2 = second number {2nd is two more than three times first}\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x + 3x + 2 = -22 {sum is negative twenty-two}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x + 2 = -22 {combined like terms}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x = -24 {subtracted 2 from both sides}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = -6 {divided both sides by 4}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x + 2 = -16 {substituted -6, in for x, into 3x + 2}\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-6 and -16 are the two numbers<BR>\n" );
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