document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=629439>Question 629439</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> what number is three more than twice the other number if the sum of the two numbers is 21 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "x = one number<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x + 3 = other number   {one number is three more than twice the other}\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x + 2x + 3 = 21   {their sum is 21}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x + 3 = 21   {combined like terms}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x = 18   {subtracted 3 from each side}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 6   {divided each side by 3}\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2x + 3 {other number}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= 2(6) + 3   {substituted 6, in for x, into 2x + 3}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= 12 + 3   {multiplied}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= 15   {added}\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "one number is 6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "other number is 15<BR>\n" );
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