SOLUTION: The difference of two numbers is 13, Five times the smaller number is one more than double the larger number. Find the two numbers.
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Question 399352: The difference of two numbers is 13, Five times the smaller number is one more than double the larger number. Find the two numbers.
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let the numbers be x & y
x-y =13..........1
5y=2x+1
5y-2x=1............2
multiply (1) by 2
2x-2y=26
add to (2)
3y=27
y=9
..
x-y=13
x-9=13
x=22
...
the numbers are 22,9
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