document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=980354>Question 980354</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> One number is 6 more than another number. Three times the lesser number , added to twice the greater number is 2. What is the greater number ? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "L=lesser number; G=greater number<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "L=G-6 Use this to substitute for L below.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3L+2G=2 Substitute for L from above.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3(G-6)+2G=2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3G-18+2G=2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5G=20<BR>\n" );
document.write( "G=4 ANSWER: The greater number is 4.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "L=G-6=4-6=-2 The lesser number is -2.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Three times the lesser number , added to twice the greater number is 2:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3L+2G=2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3(-2)+2(4)=2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-6+8=2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2=2 </SPAN>\n" );
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