document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=97467>Question 97467</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> One number is five more than another number. Their sum is 285. what are they? \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5x+x=258<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6x=258<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6x/6=258/6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=47.5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5(47.5)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "237.5<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The qustion says one number is 5 more than the other \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "which can be writen as x + 5 (and not 5x which means 5 times the other number)  where x is the first number \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "now it's pretty easy to solve <BR>\n" );
document.write( " x+ x+ 5 =285<BR>\n" );
document.write( " 2x = 280<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x= 145<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and x+5 =145\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "numbers are 140 and 145 </SPAN>\n" );
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