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The sum of two numbers is 18 one number is less than twice the other find them
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The sum of two numbers is 18 one number is less than twice the other find them
Found 2 solutions by MathLover1, greenestamps:
Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let numbers be and
if the sum of two numbers is , we have
..........eq.1
if one number is less than twice the other, we have
........ineq.2
go to
..........eq.1, solve for
go to
........ineq.2, substitute
or
let say , first number greater than
then
so, the numbers are: and
you can take second number greater than
and
or third number greater than
and
Answer by greenestamps(13200) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The problem as posted makes no sense; I don't know what the other tutor was trying to do with it....
Take ANY two numbers with a sum of 18 and one of them will be less than twice the other.
9 and 9 --> 9 is less than 2(9)=18
5 and 13 --> 5 is less than 2(13)=26
13 and 5 --> 5 is less than 2(13)=26
18 and 0 --> 0 is less than 2(18)=36
-7 and 25 --> -7 is less than 2(25)=50
...
etc.
Very probably the statement of the problem is supposed to say something like "... one number is 3 less than twice the other..."
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