document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=124940>Question 124940</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> One number exceeds three times a second number by 7. The sum of twice the larger number and four times the smaller nu<BR>\n" );
document.write( "mber is 44. What are the numbers? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "mber is 44. What are the numbers?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = 3y +7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x+4y = 44<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Rearrange:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 3y+7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+2y = 22<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Substitute to solve for \"Y\":<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3y+7 +2y=22<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5y = 155<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = 3<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Substitute for \"x\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 3*3+7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 16<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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