document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=956097>Question 956097</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help me solve this word problem:One number is nine more than a second number. Six times the first is 12 less than 4 times the second. Find the numbers. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "6x = 4y - 12.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It's a system of equations. All you have to do is plug in and solve:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "6(9 + y) = 4y - 12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "54 + 6y = 4y - 12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "66 = -2y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-33 = y\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now we plug y into the first equation.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "9 + -33 = x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-24 = x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The numbers are -33 and -24 </SPAN>\n" );
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