SOLUTION: The difference of 2 numbers is 11. The second is 3 less than 2 times the first. What are the 2 numbers?

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Question 56157: The difference of 2 numbers is 11. The second is 3 less than 2 times the first. What are the 2 numbers?
Answer by Cintchr(481)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The difference of two numbers is eleven.

or

The second is 3 less than 2 times the first.

Substitute the first equation into the second


combine like terms

subtract 2 b from both sides

multiply by -1


Plug b into the first equation




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