SOLUTION: Two numbers differ by 6. Five times the smaller is 6 more than three times the larger. What are the numbers?
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Question 358309: Two numbers differ by 6. Five times the smaller is 6 more than three times the larger. What are the numbers?
Answer by mananth(16949) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
if one number is x
the other will be x+6
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5x=3(x+6)+6
5x=3x+18+6
5x-3x=24
2x=24
/2
x= 12
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the other number is x+6 = 12+6 =18
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