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document.write( "One numbers is 2 more than 2 times the other, and their sum is 27. what are the numbers. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "x is the first number<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x+2 is the second number\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x+2x+2=27<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Add like terms\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3x+2=27<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now subtract 2 from each side\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3x+2-2=27-2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x=25<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now divide both sides by 3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3x/3=25/3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x=25/3 or 8 1/3 (first number)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2x+2=18 2/3 (second number) </SPAN>\n" );
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