SOLUTION: one number is 3 less than 6 times another. if the sum of the numbers is 10, find the numbers
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Question 276264: one number is 3 less than 6 times another. if the sum of the numbers is 10, find the numbers
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Let 
represent the "another" number. Then the "one" number must be 
. The sum is 10, so:
\ + x\ =\ 10)
is one of the numbers, and:
\ -\ 3\ =\ \frac{78}{7}\ -\ \frac{21}{7}\ =\ \frac{57}{7})
is the other one.
Check:
John
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