SOLUTION: One number is greater than another by 15. If five times the larger number minus twice the smaller number is 3, what are the numbers?
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Question 1012532: One number is greater than another by 15. If five times the larger number minus twice the smaller number is 3, what are the numbers?
Answer by fractalier(6550) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Call the smaller number, x.
The larger is then x+15.
Then we have
5(x+15) - 2x = 3
Now solve this...
5x + 75 - 2x = 3
3x + 75 = 3
3x = -72
x = -24
x+15 = -9
The numbers are -24 and -9.
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