document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=549427>Question 549427</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> the sum of two numbers is one-hundred seventy-eight. The difference between the number is six. what is the product of the two numbers. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "a + b = 178<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " The difference between the number is six.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a - b = 6<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Use elimination here,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a + b = 178<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a - b = 6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-----------adding eliminates b, find a<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2a = 184<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a = 184/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a = 92<BR>\n" );
document.write( "then<BR>\n" );
document.write( "92 + b = 178<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b = 178 - 92<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b = 86 <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "what is the product of the two number, I'll let you find the product </SPAN>\n" );
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