document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=577129>Question 577129</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> One number is five more than another and their sum is three less than three times the smaller. Find the numbers.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I DID FIVE MORE THAN ANOTHER MEANS: 5X<BR>\n" );
document.write( "AND THREE LESS THAN THREE TIMES THE SMALLER MEANS:3-3X<BR>\n" );
document.write( " 5X=3-3X<BR>\n" );
document.write( " +3   +3<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "  8X=3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "DIVIDE BY 8 ON EACH SIDE<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I GOT X=3/8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "BUT I BELIEVE THIS SOLUTION IS INCORRECT IF U COULD WOULD YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN HOW TO FIGURE OUT THE EQUATION ITS HARD FOR ME TO UNDERSTAND JUST WORDS I SEEM TO CONFUSE MYSELF PLEASE HELP THANKS LOTS!<BR>\n" );
document.write( "          BRITTANY! </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let's begin with the fact that all caps is shouting and therefore both annoying and rude.  Please don't apologize or make excuses; just stop doing it.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 5x\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "means 5 times x.  So, if x were, say, 6, then by your logic 5 more than 6 would be 30.  You and I both know that 5 more than 6 is 11, right?  5 more than x must be <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE x\ +\ 5\">.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 3\ -\ 3x\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "means <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE 3x\"> less than <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE 3\"> which is actually the additive inverse of the quantity described in the problem.  You want <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE 3x\ -\ 3\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ x\ +\ 5\ =\ 3x\ -\ 3\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Add <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE -3x\"> to both sides:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ -2x\ +\ 5\ =\ -\ 3\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Add <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE -5\"> to both sides:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ -2x\ =\ -8\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply both sides by <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE -\frac{1}{2}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ x\ =\ 4\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Check your answer:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5 more than 4 is 9.  3 times 4 is 12 and 3 less than that is 9.  9 = 9: Answer checks.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it<BR>\n" );
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