document.write( "Question 54906: The sum of two numbers is 75. The large number is 7 more than 3 times smaller. Find the numbers. \n" ); document.write( "

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The sum of two numbers is 75. The large number is 7 \r\n" );
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document.write( "Let the smaller be x\r\n" );
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document.write( ">>...The larger number is 7 more than 3 times smaller...<<\r\n" );
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document.write( "So the larger number is (3x + 7)\r\n" );
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document.write( ">>...The sum of two numbers is 75...<<\r\n" );
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document.write( "Smaller number + larger number = 75\r\n" );
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document.write( "       x + (3x + 7) = 75\r\n" );
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document.write( "Solve that and get x = 17\r\n" );
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document.write( "So the smaller number is 17 and the larger number is\r\n" );
document.write( "7 more than 3 times 17, that is, 7 more than 51, or\r\n" );
document.write( "58.  \r\n" );
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document.write( "Checking:  17 + 58 = 75\r\n" );
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