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document.write( "One number is three times another number     . 
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document.write( "The sum of the numbers is 108. What are the numbers?
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document.write( "  x + 3x = 108
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document.write( "    4x = 108
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document.write( "     x = 27, the smaller number.  The larger number is 81.
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document.write( "   27 + 81 = 108
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