document.write( "Question 1095884: One number is five less than three times another. If their sum is increased by four, the result is twenty-three. Find the numbers. \n" ); document.write( "
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one number = x
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "y = 3x - 5
\n" ); document.write( "x + y + 4 = 23\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "x + 3x - 5 + 4 = 23
\n" ); document.write( "4x = 24
\n" ); document.write( "x = 6\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The numbers are 6 and 13.
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