SOLUTION: The difference between two numbers is 18. If the larger number is 5 more than twice the smaller number, what is their sum?
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Question 199621: The difference between two numbers is 18. If the larger number is 5 more than twice the smaller number, what is their sum?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
"The difference between two numbers is 18" translates to
"If the larger number is 5 more than twice the smaller number" translates to
Start with the first equation.
Plug in
Combine like terms on the left side.
Subtract from both sides.
Combine like terms on the right side.
Go back to the second equation.
Plug in
Multiply
Add
Now simply add up x and y to get:
So
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