SOLUTION: One number is 2 more than 5 times another. Their product is 3. Find the numbers.

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Question 225110: One number is 2 more than 5 times another. Their product is 3. Find the numbers.
Answer by LtAurora(115)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The following relatiosn can be set up from the given information:


We can plug the first equation into the second:

Distribute the B:

Move the 3 to the other side

This factors down to:

Set these each equal to zero and solve:
,
,

So, we have two possible answers, , .
Plug this back into the first equation:


and


Thus, the sets of equations are: , AND , .

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