document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=728220>Question 728220</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Two numbers total to 19.  Find the two numbers if three times the larger one plus four times the smaller one equals 60. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #445358 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ohtheirony><B>ohtheirony(35)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-07.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ohtheirony><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=ohtheirony><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=445358\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> You should write a system of equations to solve the problem:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+y=19<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x+4y=60<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "-3(x+y=19) becomes -3x-3y=-57<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "-3x-3y=-57<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x+4y=60<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-----------<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Put y back into an equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+y=19<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+3=19<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=16 </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</TD></TR></TABLE>\n" );