document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=898071>Question 898071</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The sum of two numbers is 277. Four times the smaller number plus thirty-two is the larger number. What are the two numbers? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "x + y = 277<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x + 32 = y<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Substitute for \"y\" and solve for \"x\"::<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x + 4x + 32 = 277<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5x = 245<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 49<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve for \"y\":<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = 4x + 32<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 4*49 + 32 = 228<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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