document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=597472>Question 597472</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help me to solve this linear equation: Three times a number is 3 less than twice a second number, while 7 times the first number is 5 more than 4 times the second number. find the numbers. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "let x=first number<BR>\n" );
document.write( "let y=second number<BR>\n" );
document.write( "..<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x=2y-3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "7x=4y+5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "..<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6x=4y-6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "7x=4y+5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "subtract<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=11<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2y=3x+3=33+3=36<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=18<BR>\n" );
document.write( "ans:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "first number: 11<BR>\n" );
document.write( "second number: 18<BR>\n" );
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