document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=489560>Question 489560</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The sum of two numbers is 15. Three times one of the numbers is 11 less than five times the other.Find the numbers </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let's have x and y be the two numbers. We can make 2 equations:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+y=15  or x=15-y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x=5y-11<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Use substitution:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3(15-y)=5y-11<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Distribute and get y alone:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "45-3y=5y-11<BR>\n" );
document.write( "56=8y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "There we go. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Make sense?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "RJ<BR>\n" );
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