SOLUTION: One number is four more than another number. If five times the smaller number is equal to three times the larger number, find the numbers.
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Question 996257: One number is four more than another number. If five times the smaller number is equal to three times the larger number, find the numbers.
Answer by fractalier(6550) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Call the smaller one x.
The larger will then be x + 4.
Then
5x = 3(x+4)
5x = 3x + 12
2x = 12
x = 6
x + 4 = 10
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