document.write( "Question 840834: The sum of two numbers is 12. Four times the smaller number is two less than the larger. What are the two numbers? \n" ); document.write( "
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let larger number be x and smaller number be y, then x + Y = 12 -- 1
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\n" ); document.write( "4y = x-2 => x = 4y + 2 \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "substituting x in equation 1 \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "4y + 2 + y = 12
\n" ); document.write( "5y = 10
\n" ); document.write( "y = 2\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "when y = 2 then x = 12 - 2 => x = 10
\n" ); document.write( "the two numbers are 10 and 2. \n" ); document.write( "
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