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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