document.write( "Question 992961: The second of two numbers is two less than three times the first. Find these numbers if their sum is 26. I have tried the equations 3x+-2=26 and x-6x=26, but they do not seem to work and I end up with fractions and am not able to find the second number. \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "The second of two numbers is two less than three times the first. Find these numbers if their sum is 26. I have tried the equations 3x+-2=26 and x-6x=26, but they do not seem to work and I end up with fractions and am not able to find the second number.
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Your equations are incorrect!! Do this as follows:
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document.write( "Let the first be F
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document.write( "Then 2nd number = 3F - 2
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document.write( "As both sum to 26, we get: F + 3F - 2 = 26
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document.write( "4F - 2 = 26
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document.write( "4F = 28
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document.write( "F, or 1st number = \"28%2F4\"
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document.write( "Thus, \"highlight_green%28system%281%5E%28st%29_number+=+7%2C2%5E%28nd%29_number+=+19%29%29\" \n" );
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