document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=973024>Question 973024</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A number is 5 times another number. By adding 8 to each number ,the first number becomes only 3 times the second. What are the two numbers?  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "F=first number=5S; S=second number<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "F+8=3(S+8)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "F+8=3S+24 Substitute for F<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5S+8=3S+24<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5S=3S+16<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2S=16<BR>\n" );
document.write( "S=8 ANSWER 1: The second number is 8.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "F=5S=5(9)=45 ANSWER 2: The first number is 40.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "F+8=3(S+8)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "40+8=3(8+8)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "48=3(16)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "48=48\r<BR>\n" );
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