document.write( "Question 867214: The sum of two numbers is 22. Three times the smaller number minus two times the larger number is -29. What is the smaller number ? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Let x and y represent the smaller and larger number respectively.
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document.write( " x + y = 22    |multiplying thru by 2 to  eliminate the y variable by adding the Eqs
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document.write( "3x - 2y = -29  
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document.write( "   5x =  15
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document.write( "    x = 3   and y = 19   
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document.write( "Ordered Pair (3,19) the solution for this System 
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