SOLUTION: find the two numbers whose sum is 27, such that five times the smaller number is one less than three times the larger number

SOLUTION: find the two numbers whose sum is 27, such that five times the smaller number is one less than three times the larger number

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Question 426834: find the two numbers whose sum is 27, such that five times the smaller number is one less than three times the larger number
Answer by eggsarecool(46) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let's call x the smaller number and y the larger number.
So we have and
Now rearrange the first equation to say and substitute into the second equation. -> -> ->
Now that we have plug into to get 50+1=3*y}}}-> ->
So your ordered pair is (10,17)
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