document.write( "Question 880802: one number is less than the other by five if five times the smaller number plus twice the larger is 31. then what are the numbers? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "x = y-5   0r y(the larger) = x+5
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document.write( "5x + 2(x+5) = 31
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document.write( "    7x = 21
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document.write( "     x = 3  and y = 8  
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