SOLUTION: One number is 12 more than another. The sum of the smaller number and twice the larger number is 39. Find the larger number.

Question 111298: One number is 12 more than another. The sum of the smaller number and twice the larger number is 39. Find the larger number.
Found 2 solutions by kmcruz09, HyperBrain:
Answer by kmcruz09(38) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let x be the first number then x+12 be the larger number.
The sum of the smaller number which is x and twice the larger number which is x+12 is 39. Then we can setup the equation as:

Then we solve.

The larger number is 17.
Thank you.
~kmcruz09~
Answer by HyperBrain(694) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let x=the smaller number
____x+12=the larger number

Therefore, the numbers are 5, and 17!

Power up,
HyperBrain!
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