document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=650160>Question 650160</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The difference between two numbers is 67. Three times the smaller number plus five times the larger number is 239. what is the equation? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "We can set up two equations:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let x be the smaller number and y the larger number. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "y-x=67<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x+5y=239<BR>\n" );
document.write( "From these the value of x & y can be found by substitution. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Make sense?<BR>\n" );
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