SOLUTION: Please help me: The sum of two numbers is 24. One number is 2 times as large as the other. What is the numbers?
Larger number:
Smaller number:
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Question 299412: Please help me: The sum of two numbers is 24. One number is 2 times as large as the other. What is the numbers?
Larger number:
Smaller number:
Answer by Greenfinch(383) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
small number is x, large number is 2x, so total is 3x = 24
x = 8, so small number is 8, large number is 16
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