document.write( "Question 128566: The diffrence between two numbers is -38. Two times the smaller number minus five times the larger number is -217. What are the numbers \n" ); document.write( "
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DIFFERENCE MEANS SUBTRACTION. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 5 & 10 IS 10-5=5.
\n" ); document.write( "OR THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 2 NUMBERS IS 5 & THE LARGEST NUMBER IS 10 THEN:
\n" ); document.write( "X-Y=5 & X=10
\n" ); document.write( "10-Y=5
\n" ); document.write( "-Y=5-10
\n" ); document.write( "-Y=-5
\n" ); document.write( "Y=5
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\n" ); document.write( "X-Y=-38 OR X=Y-38
\n" ); document.write( "2X-5Y=-217
\n" ); document.write( "2(X-38)-5Y=-217
\n" ); document.write( "2X-76-5Y=-217
\n" ); document.write( "-3Y=-217+76
\n" ); document.write( "-3Y=-141
\n" ); document.write( "Y=-141/-3
\n" ); document.write( "Y=47 ANSWER.
\n" ); document.write( "X-47=-38
\n" ); document.write( "X=-38+47
\n" ); document.write( "X=9 ANSWER.
\n" ); document.write( "PROOF:
\n" ); document.write( "2*9=5*-47=-217
\n" ); document.write( "18-235=-217
\n" ); document.write( "-217=-217
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