# 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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 Click here to see ALL problems on Numbers Word Problems Question 520160: 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?Answer by solver91311(16877)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website! 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