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document.write( "        The sum of two numbers is 80. The larger number is 8 less than 3 times the smaller number. find the smaller number<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "       Let the smaller number be x \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "           the larger number  = 3x- 8\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "               sum of the two no's = 80\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "                      x +(3x-8) = 80\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "                         x+3x = 80+8\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "                            4x = 88    or x = 88/4 = 22\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "            the smaller no = 22  and the larger no = 58 </SPAN>\n" );
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