document.write( "Question 1005373: The difference between two numbers is 66. Four times the smaller is equal to 3 more than the larger. What are the numbers? \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "S=smaller number; L=larger number
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\n" ); document.write( "L-S=66
\n" ); document.write( "L=S+66
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\n" ); document.write( "4S=L+3
\n" ); document.write( "4S-3=L
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\n" ); document.write( "4S-3=S+66
\n" ); document.write( "3S-69=0
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\n" ); document.write( "S=23
\n" ); document.write( "ANSWER 1: The smaller number is 23.
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\n" ); document.write( "L=S+66
\n" ); document.write( "L=23+66
\n" ); document.write( "L=89
\n" ); document.write( "ANSWER 2: The larger number is 89.
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\n" ); document.write( "L-S=66
\n" ); document.write( "89-23=66
\n" ); document.write( "66=66
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\n" ); document.write( "4S=L+3
\n" ); document.write( "4(23)=89+3
\n" ); document.write( "92=92
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