SOLUTION: The sum of two numbers is 84. The second is 9 more than 4 times the first. What are the two numbers?
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Question 85008: The sum of two numbers is 84. The second is 9 more than 4 times the first. What are the two numbers?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The sum of two numbers is 84. The second is 9 more than 4 times the first. What are the two numbers?
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Let one of the numbers be "x".
The other one must be "84-x"
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EQUATION:
2nd is 4*1st + 9
84-x = 4*x+9
5x= 75
x=15 (1st number)
84-x=69 (2nd number)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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