document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=716806>Question 716806</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How do I write out the equation of this problem:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The sum of two numbers is 56. If 7 times the smaller number is 12 more than 3 times the larger number, what are the two numbers.  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "m and n are two numbers.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m+n=56\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If 7 times the smaller number is 12 more than 3 times the larger number,\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=m%3Cn ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"m%3Cn\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.  Let m be less than n.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " what are the two numbers. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The description gives a system:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "and with the situation that m<n.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Solve the system for m and n. </SPAN>\n" );
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