document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=57063>Question 57063</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hi, experts/lifesavers...Can you please assist<BR>\n" );
document.write( "THE SUM OF TWO NUMBERS IS 108. THE SECOND IS 8 MORE THAN 4 TIMES THE FIRST. WHAT ARE THE TWO NUMBERS? THANKS </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Call the first number x and the second number y.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "We know that:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x + y = 108<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and we also know that:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = 4x + 8      (the second is 8 more then 4 times the first)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now fill in that second y in the first line:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x + (4x + 8) = 108\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5x + 8 = 108\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5x = 100\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = 20<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=> y = 4*20 + 8 = 88\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Check for yourself that these 2 numbers are the right ones. </SPAN>\n" );
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