document.write( "Question 494827: Half a number is three times bigger than another number.Calculate the value of the numbers if the difference between them is 12. \n" ); document.write( "
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two numbers, a & b
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\n" ); document.write( "\"Half a number is three times bigger than another number.\"
\n" ); document.write( ".5a = 3b
\n" ); document.write( "mult by 2
\n" ); document.write( "a = 6b
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\n" ); document.write( "Calculate the value of the numbers if the difference between them is 12.
\n" ); document.write( "a - b = 12
\n" ); document.write( "replace a with 6b
\n" ); document.write( "6b - b = 12
\n" ); document.write( "5b = 12
\n" ); document.write( "b = \"12%2F5\"
\n" ); document.write( "b = 2.4
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\n" ); document.write( "Find a using the 1st equation
\n" ); document.write( ".5a = 3(2.4)
\n" ); document.write( ".5a = 7.2
\n" ); document.write( "2(.5a) = 2(7.2); multiplied both sides by 2
\n" ); document.write( "a = 14.4
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\n" ); document.write( "Check it in the 2nd equation
\n" ); document.write( "14.4 - 2.4 = 12 \n" ); document.write( "
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