SOLUTION: The sum of two numbers is 5 times their difference. If one exceeds the other by 7, what are the numbers?
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Question 316498: The sum of two numbers is 5 times their difference. If one exceeds the other by 7, what are the numbers?
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let one number be x
the other number will be x+7
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x+x+7 = 5(x+7-x)
2x+7 = 35
2x=28
x=14
the other number will be x+7 = 14+7 = 21
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