document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1146488>Question 1146488</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The first number is two more than twice a second number. If their product is 24, what are the numbers  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "If a formal algebraic solution is not needed, by far the fastest path to an answer is informal guess-and-check.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "If one number is exactly 2 more than twice the other, and their product is a whole number, then the two numbers have to be whole numbers.  So look for two whole numbers whose product is 24 that satisfy the condition that one is 2 more than twice the other:<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "1 and 24? no....<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2 and 12? no....<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3 and 8?  YES!<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Done.... </SPAN>\n" );
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