document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=853159>Question 853159</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> One number exceeds a second number by 18, and the sum of twice the greater number and three times the smaller number is 86.  What are the two numbers.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x = large number<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let y = small number\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = y + 18<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x + 3y = 86\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You have a system of linear equations in two variables.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Use the substitution method to solve. </SPAN>\n" );
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