document.write( "Question 1516: The larger of two numbers is 8 more than four times the smaller. If the larger is increased by four times the smaller, the result is 40. Find the numbers. \n" ); document.write( "

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Let x be the smaller number:
\n" ); document.write( "x = smaller number
\n" ); document.write( "4x+8 = bigger number
\n" ); document.write( "4x+8+4x = 40 (If the larger is increased by four times the smaller, the result is 40)
\n" ); document.write( "8x+8 = 40
\n" ); document.write( "8x = 32
\n" ); document.write( "x = 4
\n" ); document.write( "So the small number is 4 and the bigger number is 4(4)+8 = 24 \n" ); document.write( "

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