SOLUTION: The sum of two numbers is twenty. Three times the smaller number is equal to two times the larger number.
Find the smaller number
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Question 314489: The sum of two numbers is twenty. Three times the smaller number is equal to two times the larger number.
Find the smaller number
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
1.
2.
Multiply eq. 1 by 3,
Now substitute eq. 2,
Then from eq. 1,
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