SOLUTION: A first number plus twice a second number is 8. Twice the first number, plus the second, totals 25. Find the numbers.
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Question 1083818: A first number plus twice a second number is 8. Twice the first number, plus the second, totals 25. Find the numbers.
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Multiply 1 by 2 and subtract from 2,
Solve for B, then use either equation to solve for A.
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