document.write( "Question 952026: The difference between two numbers is 110. Six times the smaller is equal to 5 more than the larger. What are the numbers? \n" ); document.write( "

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If you don't know something in algebra, the best way is to convert the unknown information into variables.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "y-x=110\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "If I used the smaller minus the larger, it would result in a negative number.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Six times the smaller is equal to five more than the larger, \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "6x = y+5\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "That is the same as a system of linear equations:\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "y-x=110
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Substitute the equations here and see the answer:\r
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