document.write( "Question 1050899: The sum of two numbers is 24. Seven times the smaller number is the same as 5 times the larger number. Find the smaller number. \n" ); document.write( "
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1.\"A%2BB=24\"
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\n" ); document.write( "2.\"7A=5B\"
\n" ); document.write( "Multiply eq. 1 by 5,
\n" ); document.write( "\"5A%2B5B=120\"
\n" ); document.write( "Now substitute from eq. 2,
\n" ); document.write( "\"5A%2B7A=120\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"12A=120\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"A=10\"
\n" ); document.write( "So then using eq. 1,
\n" ); document.write( "\"10%2BB=24\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"B=14\"\r
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