document.write( "Question 107783: one number is 6 more than another. If the sum of the smaller number and 3 times the larger number is 34, find the two numbers. \n" ); document.write( "
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X+6=Y
\n" ); document.write( "Y+3(X+6)=34
\n" ); document.write( "(X+6)+3(X+6)=34
\n" ); document.write( "X+6+3X+18=34
\n" ); document.write( "4X=34-6-18
\n" ); document.write( "4X=10
\n" ); document.write( "X=10/4
\n" ); document.write( "X=2.5 ANSWER.
\n" ); document.write( "2.5+6=Y
\n" ); document.write( "Y=8.5 ANSWER.
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\n" ); document.write( "8.5+3(2.5+6)=34
\n" ); document.write( "8.5+3(8.5)=34
\n" ); document.write( "8.5+25.5=34
\n" ); document.write( "34=34
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