document.write( "Question 660901: One number is six more than five times another. If their sum is decreased by two, the result is twenty two. Find the numbers. \n" ); document.write( "
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x = one number
\n" ); document.write( "y = another number
\n" ); document.write( "x = 5y + 6
\n" ); document.write( "(x+y)-2=22
\n" ); document.write( "Substitute x in the second equation
\n" ); document.write( "(5y+6)+y-2=22
\n" ); document.write( "6y+4=22
\n" ); document.write( "6y=18
\n" ); document.write( "y=3
\n" ); document.write( "x=5(3)+6=21
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