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document.write( "one number is 48 less than another number. If the sum of the two numbers is -164, then what is the larger of the two numbers? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "X+Y=-164<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(Y-48)+Y=-164<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2Y=-164+48<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2Y=-116<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Y=-116/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Y=-58 ANS. FOR THE LARGER NUMBER.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "X=-58-48<BR>\n" );
document.write( "X=-106 ANS. FOR THE SMALLER NUMBER.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "PROOF:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-58-106=-164<BR>\n" );
document.write( "164=164<BR>\n" );
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