SOLUTION: The sum of two integers is twenty-nine. Eight times the smaller integer is eleven more than five times the larger integer. Find the integers. large and small

SOLUTION: The sum of two integers is twenty-nine. Eight times the smaller integer is eleven more than five times the larger integer. Find the integers. large and small

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Question 457023: The sum of two integers is twenty-nine. Eight times the smaller integer is eleven more than five times the larger integer. Find the integers. large and small
Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
a+b=29
8*a=11+5*b
a=12 b=17
check
96=11+5*17
96=11+85
ok

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