document.write( "Question 60492: If one number is 12 more than another. The sum of the smaller number and twice the larger number is 39 then what is the larger number \n" ); document.write( "
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X+12=Y
\n" ); document.write( "X+2(X+12)=39
\n" ); document.write( "X+2X+24=39
\n" ); document.write( "3X=39-24
\n" ); document.write( "3X=15
\n" ); document.write( "X=15/3
\n" ); document.write( "X=5 THUS
\n" ); document.write( "5+12=Y
\n" ); document.write( "17=Y
\n" ); document.write( "PROOF
\n" ); document.write( "5+2(5+12)=39
\n" ); document.write( "5+2*17=39
\n" ); document.write( "5+34=39
\n" ); document.write( "39=39\r
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