SOLUTION: One number is 20 more than another. If the greater number is increased by 4, the result is five times the smaller number. Find the two numbers

Question 1091967: One number is 20 more than another. If the greater number is increased by 4, the result is five times the smaller number. Find the two numbers
Found 2 solutions by Fombitz, greenestamps:
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
1.
and
2.
So then from 1,

Substituting,

Solve for A, then use either equation to solve for B.

Answer by greenestamps(13200) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

"One number is 20 more than another."

So call the two numbers x and x+20.

"If the greater number is increased by 4..."

So now the larger number is x+24.

"... the result is five times the smaller number."

So

The two numbers are x=6 and x+20 = 26.
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