document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1024942>Question 1024942</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> One number is equal to the product of -2 and the difference between another number (n) and 5. The sum of the numbers id 16. What is the second number? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "m = -2(n-5)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m + n = 16\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Plug in the first equation into the second.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-2(n-5)+n=16<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-2n+10+n=16<BR>\n" );
document.write( "n = -6\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The numbers are 22 and -6. </SPAN>\n" );
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