SOLUTION: The sum of two numbers is 24. Seven times the smaller number is the same as 5 times the larger number. Find the smaller number.
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Question 1050899: The sum of two numbers is 24. Seven times the smaller number is the same as 5 times the larger number. Find the smaller number.
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Multiply eq. 1 by 5,
Now substitute from eq. 2,
So then using eq. 1,
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