SOLUTION: One number is two more than three times another. The sum of the numbers is 26. What is the lesser number?

Question 290619: One number is two more than three times another. The sum of the numbers is 26. What is the lesser number?
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Answer by College Student(505) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
One number is two more than three times another. The sum of the numbers is 26. What is the lesser number?

Let one number = 3x
Let the other number = 3x+2

The equation becomes:

Now solve for "x", then multiply by 3 to find the lesser number.
Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let n be the first number
n=2+3n
n+3n+2=26
4n=24
n=6
3"*6+2=20
and 26-6=20
the other number is 20

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