SOLUTION: One number is nine more than twice another. If their sum is decreased by ten, the result is fourteen. Find the numbers.
Smaller value
Larger value
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Question 974865: One number is nine more than twice another. If their sum is decreased by ten, the result is fourteen. Find the numbers.
Smaller value
Larger value
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let the numbers be and
given:
(1)
(2)
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(1)
(2)
Add the equations
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and
(1)
(1)
(1)
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smaller: 5
larger: 19
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