document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=939847>Question 939847</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> the larger of two number is twice the sum of the smaller and eleven.if their difference is 35,what is the smaller number </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "let larger number is b and smaller is a\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b=2a +11<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b-2a=11 (1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b-a=35  (2) by subtraction eqn(2) from (1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-a=-24  than a=24 by substitution a=24 in eqn(2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b-a=35<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b-24=35<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b=35+24 = 59<BR>\n" );
document.write( "smaller number is 24 and larger number is 59<BR>\n" );
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