document.write( "Question 1152429: one number is 10 less than three times another. Their sum is 14. What are the two number. \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "let one number be \"x\" and another \"y\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "if one number is \"10\" less than \"three\"\"+times+\"another, we have\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x=3y-10\"..........eq.1\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "if their sum is \"14\", we have\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x%2By=14\".......eq.2\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "substitute \"x\" from eq.1 in eq.2\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"3y-10%2By=14\".......eq.2\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"4y=14%2B10\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"4y=24\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"y=24%2F4\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"y=6\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "go to \"x=3y-10\"..........eq.1 substitute \"y\" \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x=3%2A6-10\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x=18-10\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x=8\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " the two numbers are: \"8\" and \"6\"\r
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