document.write( "Question 480638: the difference of two numbers is 80 the greater number is three times as big as the smaller number what are the numbers \n" ); document.write( "

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Let smallest number be x
\n" ); document.write( "greater number be 80-x\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"80-x=3x\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"80-4x=0%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"4x=80\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"4x=80\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"x=20\"$ \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Smallest= 20\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Largest= 60\r
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