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: One positive number is three more than twice another. If the product is 27, find the numbers.
?? So stumped...please help~ This question is from textbook

Answer by wgunther(43) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let a be the first integer, and let b be the second.
We know the following facts.

we can solve by substitution. Since a is 2b+3 we can subsitute that into the second equation.

So, be is 2/9 or 3. But, 2/9 is not an integer, so b=3. a=2b+3 which is 9.
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