document.write( "Question 1152562: The sum of two numbers is 60. One number is 4 times as large as the other. What are the numbers? \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "if the sum of two numbers, \"x\" and \"y\", is \"60\", we have\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x%2By=60\"........eq.1\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "if one number is \"4+\"times as large as the other, we have\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x=4y\".......eq.2\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "substitute \"x\" from eq.2 in eq.1\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"4y%2By=60\"........eq.1, solve for \"y\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"5y=60\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"y=60%2F5\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"y=12\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "o back to\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x=4y\".......eq.2, substitute \"y\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x=4%2A12\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x=48\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "answer: the numbers are \"12\" and \"48\"\r
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