document.write( "Question 898177: The difference between two numbers is 45. Six times the smaller number minus three times the larger number is 75. \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "Let x represent smaller, y the larger number     
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document.write( " y - x = 45 or
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document.write( " -x + y = 45 |multiplying thru by 3 to  eliminate the y variable by adding the Eqs
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document.write( "6x - 3y= 75\r
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document.write( "-3x + 3y = 135
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document.write( "6x - 3y= 75
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document.write( "  3x =210
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document.write( "   x = 70, smaller number, larger 115 \"70%2B45\"
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