document.write( "Question 133433: One number is five more than another and their sum is three less than three times the smaller. Find the numbers. \n" ); document.write( "

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One number is five more than another and their sum is three less than three times the smaller. Find the numbers. \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Let x = smaller number \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Let x + 5 = bigger number\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "smaller number PLUS bigger number = 3 times smaller number minus three.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Here's what the statement looks like as an equation:\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "x + x + 5 = 3x - 3\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Now, solve for x.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "2x + 5 = 3x - 3\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "2x - 3x = -3 -5\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "-x = - 8\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "x = 8...smaller number\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "x + 5 becomes 8 + 5 = 13...bigger number\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The smaller number is 8 and and bigger number is 13.\r
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