document.write( "Question 1117475: There are two numbers.When four times the larger number is added to three times the smaller number,the result is 26.If three times the larger number is decreased by twice the smaller number,the result is 11.Find the numbers. \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Solve the 2X2 system of equations for and . Hint: Multiply the first equation by 2 and the second by 3, then solve with the elimination method.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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