SOLUTION: The sum of two numbers is 148. The larger number is 16 more than twice the smaller number. What are the two numbers?
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Question 352404: The sum of two numbers is 148. The larger number is 16 more than twice the smaller number. What are the two numbers?
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let one number be x
the other number will be 148-x
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x=16+2(148-x)
x=16+296-2x
x+2x=312
3x=312
x= 104
other number = 148-104=44
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104,44
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