SOLUTION: One number is 5 more than twice another. The sum of the numbers is 14. Find the two numbers.
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Question 860878: One number is 5 more than twice another. The sum of the numbers is 14. Find the two numbers.
Answer by ben720(159) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
One number (x) is 5+2(x). The sum of these, x+5+2x, = 14.
The numbers are x and 5+2x
The numbers are 3 and 11.
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