SOLUTION: The difference of two integers is 9. Five times the smaller is 7 more than three times the larger. Find the numbers .
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Question 174004: The difference of two integers is 9. Five times the smaller is 7 more than three times the larger. Find the numbers .
Answer by Mathtut(3670) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let a and b be two integers
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b-a=9....eq 1--->b=a+9
5a=3b+7..eq 2
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take b's value from revised eq 1 and plug it into eq 2
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5a=3(a+9)+7
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5a=3a+27+7
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2a=34
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