document.write( "Question 511333: How do u write this in numbers? :
\n" ); document.write( "One number is nine less than another. Their sum is twenty-seven. \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #342142 by oberobic(2304) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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x = one number
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\n" ); document.write( "x + 9 = y
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\n" ); document.write( "x = y -9
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\n" ); document.write( "x + y = 27
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\n" ); document.write( "(y-9) + y = 27
\n" ); document.write( "2y = 36
\n" ); document.write( "y = 18
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\n" ); document.write( "x = 9
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\n" ); document.write( "x+y = 27
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\n" ); document.write( "Answer: x = 9, y = 18
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