SOLUTION: a number is two times as large as another number. Three times the smaller number is twenty more than the larger number. what are the two numbers?

Question 299748: a number is two times as large as another number. Three times the smaller number is twenty more than the larger number. what are the two numbers?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = the smaller number
Let = the larger number
given:

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By substitution,

subtract from both sides

and, since

The numbers are 20 and 40
check:

OK
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