document.write( "Question 1125738: The sum of two numbers is 109. One number is 25 more than three times the other number. Find the two numbers. \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Diminish \"one number\" by 25, for a minute.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then the sum of 109 will decrease by 25 and will become 109 - 25 = 84.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now it is 4 times the \"other number\".\r\n" );
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document.write( "Hence, the \"other number\" is 84/4 = 21.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then the \"one number\" is 109 - 21 = 88.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Answer.  The numbers are 88 and  21.\r\n" );
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