SOLUTION: Separate 65 into two parts so that 3 times the larger will be 6 more than 6 times the smaller.

Question 536803: Separate 65 into two parts so that 3 times the larger will be 6 more than 6 times the smaller.
Answer by KMST(5328) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I suppose "Separate 65 into two parts" means write 65 as a sum of two numbers, like
(Feel free to use x and y if you don't feel they are overused).
Translated into algebreeze, "3 times the larger is 6 more than 6 times the smaller" is written as
(I decided to make a the larger and b the smaller).
can be simplified (dividing everything by 3) into
, which can be substituted into to give
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