SOLUTION: a number is 2 more than twice another number. If the sum of the two numbers is 29, what are the two numbers?
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Question 405880: a number is 2 more than twice another number. If the sum of the two numbers is 29, what are the two numbers?
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let one number be x
other number = 2x+2
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x+2x+2=29
3x+2=29
add -2 to both sides
3x=29-2
3x=27
/3
x=9 first number
second number ==> 2x+2= 2*9+2=20
9, 20 are the numbers
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