SOLUTION: One number is 11 more than twice another number. If the sum of the numbers is twice their difference, find the numbers.
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Question 198785: One number is 11 more than twice another number. If the sum of the numbers is twice their difference, find the numbers.
Answer by edjones(8007) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let the larger=x and the smaller=y
x=2y+11
x+y=2(x-y)
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2y+11+y=2(y+11-y) substitute y+11 for x.
y+11=22
y=11
x=33
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Ed
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