document.write( "Question 1024397: the sum of two is -1. when twice the first number and four times the second numbers are added, the sum is -10. what are the two numbers
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Two numbers a & b
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\n" ); document.write( " the sum of two is -1.
\n" ); document.write( "a + b = -1
\n" ); document.write( " when twice the first number and four times the second numbers are added, the sum is -10.
\n" ); document.write( "2a + 4b = -10
\n" ); document.write( "simplify, divide by 2, then subtract the 1st equation
\n" ); document.write( "a + 2b = -5
\n" ); document.write( "a + b = -1
\n" ); document.write( "------------ subtraction eliminates a, find b
\n" ); document.write( "0 + b = -4
\n" ); document.write( "b = -4
\n" ); document.write( "Find a using the 1st equation
\n" ); document.write( "a - 4 = -1
\n" ); document.write( "a = -1 + 4
\n" ); document.write( "a = 3
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\n" ); document.write( " what are the two numbers 3 & -4
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\n" ); document.write( "You can check these solutions in the 2nd equation \n" ); document.write( "
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