document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=572852>Question 572852</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The sum of 3 times a number and 4 times another number is 43. Five times the first number is 3 less than four times the opposite of the second number. Find the numbers.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Choose one answer.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "	 a. -20 and 29	<BR>\n" );
document.write( "	 b. -23 and 28	<BR>\n" );
document.write( "	 c. 23 and -28	<BR>\n" );
document.write( "	 d. 20 and -29 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "1st number = x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2nd number = y\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The sum of 3 times a number and 4 times another number is 43<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x+4y=43.................(1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Five times the first number is 3 less than four times the opposite of the second number<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5x=4(-y)-3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5x=-4y-3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5x+4y=-3.................(2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Subtract (1) from (2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5x+4y=-3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-3x-4y=-43<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2x=-46<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x/2=-46/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=-23<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Put the value of x in (1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x+4y=43<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3(-23)+4y=43<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-69+4y=43<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4y=43+69<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4y=112<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4y/4=112/4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=28\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Numbers are -23 and 28\r<BR>\n" );
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