document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1024893>Question 1024893</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\">  The difference between two numbers is 12. Five times the larger number is 17 times the smaller number. Write a system of equations describing the given conditions. Then solve the system by the substitution method and find the two numbers.  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "let the bigger number be x,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "\"   \" smaller \"       \" y.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "from your questiomn,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x-y=12----(1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5x=17y----(2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "from equation (1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=12+y---(3)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "put (3) in (2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5(12+y)=17y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "60+5y=17y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "17y-5y=60<BR>\n" );
document.write( "12y=60<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "put y=5 in (3)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=12+5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=17<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The nubers are 17 and 5.<BR>\n" );
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