document.write( "Question 73894: One number is 4 less than 3 times another. If the sum of the numbers is 36, what are the two numbers \n" ); document.write( "

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One number is 4 less than 3 times another. If the sum of the numbers is 36
\n" ); document.write( "Get symbols for the numbers:
\n" ); document.write( "Let one be x; let the other by y.
\n" ); document.write( "EQUATIONS:
\n" ); document.write( "x+y=36
\n" ); document.write( "x=3y-4
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\n" ); document.write( "Solve by substitution:
\n" ); document.write( "3y-4+y=36
\n" ); document.write( "4y=32
\n" ); document.write( "y=8
\n" ); document.write( "The x=3*8-4=28
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\n" ); document.write( "Solution:
\n" ); document.write( "x=28; y=8
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\n" ); document.write( "Cheers,
\n" ); document.write( "Stan H. \n" ); document.write( "

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