document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=660573>Question 660573</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The sum of two integers is twenty-one. Six times the smaller integer is twenty-seven more than three times the larger integer. Find the integers. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #411258 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ReadingBoosters><B>ReadingBoosters(3246)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ReadingBoosters><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=411258\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> x + y = 21<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6x = 27 + 3y : rewrite as 6x - 3y = 27<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Multiply the first equation by 3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3(x+y=21)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x + 3y = 63<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Add to the second equation<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6x + 3x - 3y + 3y = 27 + 63<BR>\n" );
document.write( "9x = 90<BR>\n" );
document.write( "9x/9 = 90/9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = 21 - 10 = 11 </SPAN>\n" );
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