document.write( "Question 275440: The sum of two integers are 10. Three times one integer is 3 less than 8 times the other integer. Find the numbers.\r
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document.write( "I have tried 3x + 8(10 - x) - 3=10, also 3(10 - x)+ 8x - 3, I've started out on x+y=10, so if one integer is x, the other has to be (10 - x), like x + (10 - x)=10, but no answer. It seems like an easy one, can you help?\r
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document.write( "Thank you,\r
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document.write( "Alex Vargas
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document.write( "avargas91702@hotmail.com \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #854107 by ikleyn(53749) You can put this solution on YOUR website! . \n" ); document.write( "The sum of two integers are 10. Three times one integer is 3 less than 8 times the other integer. Find the numbers. \n" ); document.write( "I have tried 3x + 8(10 - x) - 3=10, also 3(10 - x)+ 8x - 3, I've started out on x+y=10, so if one integer is x, \n" ); document.write( "the other has to be (10 - x), like x + (10 - x)=10, but no answer. It seems like an easy one, can you help? \n" ); document.write( "~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "In his solution to this problem, @mananth gives the answer \"x = 7. The other number is 24.\"\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "This statement is incorrect. The correct answer is \"one number is 7, the other number is 3\".\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |