SOLUTION: One number is 4 less than 5 times another. If the sum of the numbers is 26,what are the two numbers?
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Question 792372: One number is 4 less than 5 times another. If the sum of the numbers is 26,what are the two numbers?
Answer by edjones(8007) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
y=5x-4
x+y=26
x+5x-4=26 substitute for x.
6x=30
x=5
y=21
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Ed
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