SOLUTION: The sum of two numbers is 2. If the larger number is 14 more than three times the smaller, find the larger number.
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Question 679127: The sum of two numbers is 2. If the larger number is 14 more than three times the smaller, find the larger number.
Answer by pmatei(79) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Rearrange the second equation:
Subtract second equation from the first one:
Thus solution and .
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