SOLUTION: please answer the following question: 1) The difference between two numbers is 7.Six times the smaller plus the larger is 77.Find the numbers

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1) The difference between two numbers is 7.Six times the smaller plus the larger is 77.Find the numbers



Answer by robertb(5830)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
l - s = 7, and 6s + l = 77.
From the first we get l = s + 7. Substitute into the second: 6s + s+7 = 77.
7s = 70,
s = 10, the smaller number, and
l = s+7 = 17, the larger number.

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