document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1025994>Question 1025994</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A number is three times the another.If the larger number is subtracted from 60, the result is 5 less than the smaller number subtracted from 55. Find the numbers. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "a = 3b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If the larger number is subtracted from 60, the result is 5 less than the smaller number subtracted from 55.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "60 - a = 55 - (b-5)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "60 - a = 55 - b + 5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "60 - a = 60 - b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "This is obviously not going to work, we get<BR>\n" );
document.write( "60 - 3b = 60 - b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A bad problem<BR>\n" );
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