SOLUTION: Use the five-step strategy for solving word problems to find the number or numbers described in the following exercise. One number exceeds another by -5. The sum of the numbers

Question 880933: Use the five-step strategy for solving word problems to find the number or numbers described in the following exercise.
One number exceeds another by -5. The sum of the numbers is 11. What are the numbers?
Answer by JulietG(1812) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A = B - 5 (this is no good as a word problem because it cannot 'exceed' by a negative number).
A + B = 11
Substitute the known value of A from the first equation into the second.
(B-5) + B = 11
Add
2B - 5 = 11
Add 5 to each side
2B = 16
Divide
B = 8
Therefore, A = 8-5, or 3.
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