document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1097849>Question 1097849</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> \"One number exceeds by 8, and the sum of the smaller and twice the larger is 40. Find the product of the two numbers. The answer is supposedly 128 then, what could be the solution in arriving that answer? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #712265 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=greenestamps><B>greenestamps(13216)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=greenestamps><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=greenestamps><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=712265\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> <br>Thanks for trying again... but you have still left something out of your statement of the problem:<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "\"One number exceeds by 8...\"<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Exceeds what?!<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "It is obvious what you mean, so I will go ahead and help you.  But the polite thing for you to do would be to give us the whole problem so we don't have to try to figure out what is missing.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "\"one number exceeds ANOTHER by 8\":<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let the smaller number be x; then the other is x+8.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "\"the sum of the smaller and twice the larger is 40\":<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I will assume you can finish from there.... </SPAN>\n" );
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