document.write( "Question 570918: One number is four less than three times another. If their sum is increased by five, the result is twenty-five. Find the numbers? \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "larger number = x
\n" ); document.write( "smaller number = y\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "One number is four less than three times another
\n" ); document.write( "x=3y-4........(1)
\n" ); document.write( "If their sum is increased by five, the result is twenty-five
\n" ); document.write( "x+y+5=25
\n" ); document.write( "x+y=25-5
\n" ); document.write( "x+y=20............(2)
\n" ); document.write( "Put the value of x from (1) to (2)
\n" ); document.write( "3y-4+y=20
\n" ); document.write( "4y=20+4
\n" ); document.write( "4y=24
\n" ); document.write( "4y/4=24/4
\n" ); document.write( "y=6
\n" ); document.write( "Put the value of y in (1)
\n" ); document.write( "x=3y-4........(1)
\n" ); document.write( "x=3(6)-4
\n" ); document.write( "x=18-4
\n" ); document.write( "x=14\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Numbers are 14 and 6
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