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\n" ); document.write( "Please help me to solve this problem - The sum of two numbers is 2490. If 6.5% of one number is equal to 8.5% of the other, find the numbers.
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Let smaller number be S
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document.write( "Then larger number = 2,490 - S
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document.write( "We then get: .065(2,490 - S) = .085S
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document.write( "161.85 - .065S = .085S
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document.write( "161.85 = .085S + .065S
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document.write( "161.85 = .15S
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document.write( "S, or smaller number = 
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document.write( "Larger number:  \n" );
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