document.write( "Question 889811: Find the numbers if the sum of the two numbers is 51. Five times the larger number decreased by 7 equals one more than eight times the smaller number. \n" ); document.write( "
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1.\"A%2BB=51\"
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"5%2AB-7=1%2B8%2AA\"
\n" ); document.write( "2.\"-8A%2B5B=8\"
\n" ); document.write( "Multiply eq. 1 by 8 and add to eq. 2,
\n" ); document.write( "\"8A%2B8B-8A%2B5B=408%2B8\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"13B=416\"
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\n" ); document.write( "From eq. 1,
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