document.write( "Question 515375: one number is 6 less than another. Three times the smaller number is 2 more than the larger. find the numbers. \n" ); document.write( "

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. find the numbers.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Smaller Number = x
\n" ); document.write( "Larger Number = y
\n" ); document.write( "one number is 6 less than another
\n" ); document.write( "x=y-6........(1)
\n" ); document.write( "Three times the smaller number is 2 more than the larger.
\n" ); document.write( "3x=y+2........(2)\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Put the value of x from (1) to (2)
\n" ); document.write( "3(y-6)=y+2........(2)
\n" ); document.write( "3y-18=y+2
\n" ); document.write( "3y-y=2+18
\n" ); document.write( "2y=20
\n" ); document.write( "y=20/2
\n" ); document.write( "y=10
\n" ); document.write( "Put the value of y in (1)
\n" ); document.write( "x=y-6
\n" ); document.write( "x=10-6
\n" ); document.write( "x=4\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Smaller Number = x = 4
\n" ); document.write( "Larger Number = y = 10\r
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