document.write( "Question 60767: One number is 12 more than another. The sum of the smaller number and twice the larger number is 39 what is the larger number I need help i CAME UP WITH 17 BUT i AM NOT SURE HOW I GOT IT.cAN YOU SHOW ME PLEASE? \n" ); document.write( "

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One number is 12 more than another. The sum of the smaller number and twice the larger number is 39 what is the larger number
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\n" ); document.write( "Let the larger number = x
\n" ); document.write( "the smaller number = (x-12)
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\n" ); document.write( "Write an equation for what it says:
\n" ); document.write( "\"The sum of the smaller number and twice the larger number is 39\"
\n" ); document.write( "(x-12) + 2x = 39
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\n" ); document.write( "3x - 12 = 39
\n" ); document.write( "3x = 39 + 12
\n" ); document.write( "x = 51/3
\n" ); document.write( "x = 17 \n" ); document.write( "

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