document.write( "Question 558780: The Diffrence Of Two Numbers is 26. The Largest Number Is 8 More than twice The Smaller. Findd the Numbers. \n" ); document.write( "
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let numbers be x & y\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "x-y =26................(1)\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "x= 8 +2y
\n" ); document.write( "x-2y=8.................(2)\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "multiply equation (1) by -1 and add the equation to (2)\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "-x-2y=-26
\n" ); document.write( "-4y=-18
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\n" ); document.write( "y= -18/-4
\n" ); document.write( "y=9/2
\n" ); document.write( "plug y in (1)\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "x-9/2 = 26\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "so x = 61/2
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