SOLUTION: The sum of two numbers is 22. If the larger number is 2 more than 3 times the smaller number, what is the smaller number?
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Question 520160
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The sum of two numbers is 22.
If the larger number is 2 more than 3 times the smaller number, what is the smaller number?
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The sum of two numbers is 22:
It is arbitrary which is the larger, so let
represent the larger, then:
Solve the system for the ordered pair
Hint: Substitute the expression in the RHS of the second equation for
in the first equation.
John
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
