document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=700135>Question 700135</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> My Algebra homework has the number problem  : The sum of two numbers is 15. Three times one of the numbers is 11 less than five times the other. Find the numbers. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Equations:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x + y = 15<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x = 5y-11<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Rearrange:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x + 3y = 3*15<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x - 5y = -11<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Subtract and solve for \"y\":<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8y = 56<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = 7<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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