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I usually get them, but this one got me stuck. Here it is: The larger of two numbers exceeds twice the smaller number by 1. Three times the smaller number is 6 more than the larger. Find the two numbers. Well I got it just after I finish writing it. A 5 minute break usually does it...

The Republicans are going down! By 2004 they will be evicted from the white-house, but not without taking 5 trillion hard-earned minimum-wage-overtime dollars with them. Will the Public finally learn that Deficit-Republicans are just blowing smoke up their orifaces when they promise job growth...

x/2 = 3/y. Can anyone explain why this is an hyperbola? find the third term of the expansion (2x-y)to the third power. I know u have to do the things with the combinations but all i get is 20xy² but the answer is 6xy². Can anyone help?