document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=437200>Question 437200</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> One number is seven less than another number. The sum of the numbers<BR>\n" );
document.write( "is thirty-three. Find the numbers. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "We can set up 2 equations, let x be one number and y be the other:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=y-7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+y=33<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let's do substitution:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y-7+y=33<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Add 7 to both sides and divide by 2 to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=20<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now we know:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=13<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Make sense?<BR>\n" );
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