document.write( "Question 858218: two numbers differ by 6. if x represents the smaller number, then the larger number is? \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "Hi, there--\r\n" );
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document.write( "Your Problem:\r\n" );
document.write( "Two numbers differ by 6. If x represents the smaller number, then the larger number is _____?\r\n" );
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document.write( "Solution:\r\n" );
document.write( "Let x be the smaller number.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The two numbers differ by 6. In other words, the difference between the two numbers is 6. Think of one \r\n" );
document.write( "examples:\r\n" );
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document.write( "1 and 7 ---> 1 + 6 = 7\r\n" );
document.write( "3 and 9 ---> 3 + 6 = 9\r\n" );
document.write( "20 and 26 ---> 20 + 6 = 26\r\n" );
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document.write( "Do you see the pattern? When the difference between two numbers is 6, you add 6 to the smaller number \r\n" );
document.write( "to get the larger number.\r\n" );
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document.write( "If the smaller number is x, we want to add 6 to x to get the larger number. In algebra, we write x + 6 to mean \"add 6 to x.\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "So the larger number is x + 6. \r\n" );
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document.write( "Hope this helps! Feel free to email if you have questions about this.\r\n" );
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