SOLUTION: The sum of two numbers is 50. If the larger number is 2 more than 5 times the smaller, then what aee the numbers ?
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Question 991590: The sum of two numbers is 50. If the larger number is 2 more than 5 times the smaller, then what aee the numbers ?
Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let's numbers be and , and is larger number
if the sum of two numbers is , than we have
......solve for
...........eq.1
if the larger number is more than times the smaller, we have
.....eq.2....now substitute for and solve for
and the larger number is:
=>=>
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