document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=790356>Question 790356</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The sum of two numbers is ten. Three times the larger number is three less than eight times the smaller number. Find the smaller number </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "m+n=10.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let m<n.  <BR>\n" );
document.write( "3n=-3+8m.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve the simultaneous equations, m+n=10 and 3n=8m-3.  Since you were asked for the smaller number, which is m, first solve for n using either equation and substitute the expression into the other equation; and THEN solve for m. </SPAN>\n" );
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