document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=908251>Question 908251</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> One number is two less than five times another. If their sum is increased by two, the result is twenty-four. Find the numbers.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #550909 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=JulietG><B>JulietG(1812)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-12.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=JulietG><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=JulietG><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=550909\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A = 5B-2 (One number is two less than five times another.)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A + B = 22 (If their sum is increased by two, the result is twenty-four.)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Take the known value of A from the first equation and put it into the second.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A + B = 22<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(5B-2) + B = 22<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6B - 2 = 22<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Add 2 to each side<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6B = 24<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Divide each side by 6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "B = 4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If the smaller number is 4, then the larger number is (5*4)-2, or 18<BR>\n" );
document.write( "18 + 4 = 22 </SPAN>\n" );
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