SOLUTION: one number is 12 more than another. the sum of the smaller number and twice the larger number is 39. find the larger number

SOLUTION: one number is 12 more than another. the sum of the smaller number and twice the larger number is 39. find the larger number

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Question 39286: one number is 12 more than another. the sum of the smaller number and twice the larger number is 39. find the larger number
Answer by fractalier(6550) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let x be the smaller number.
Thus the larger is x + 12.
Then
x + 2(x + 12) = 39
x + 2x + 24 = 39
3x = 15
x = 5
x + 12 = 17
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