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You seem to want to use 2 equations to solve for x, in terms of 3 other variables. Why didn't you say so when question 1043447 was submitted? \r
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document.write( "Question 1043447: If a is added to the difference of 2 quantities, the sum is b, and if the larger is divided by the smaller, the quotient is c. Determine quantities. 
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document.write( "Let x = larger
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document.write( "Let y = smaller 
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document.write( "My attempt: 
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document.write( "x - y + a = b 
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document.write( "x / y = c 
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document.write( "How do I proceed ? \r
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document.write( "Apparently, you want to solve for x using the following equations: 
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document.write( "x - y + a = b______y = x + a - b ------ eq (i)
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document.write( "Since y = x + a - b, and , it follows that: 
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document.write( "cx + ac - bc = x ------- Multiplying by LCD, c
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document.write( "x - cx = ac - bc
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document.write( "x(1 - c) = ac - bc
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