document.write( "Question 252946: One number is five more than another.
\n" ); document.write( "Five times the smaller equals four times the larger.
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Let X and Y be the numbers.
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\n" ); document.write( "5Y = 4X.
\n" ); document.write( "By substitution, we get
\n" ); document.write( "5Y = 4(Y+5)
\n" ); document.write( "5Y = 4Y + 20
\n" ); document.write( "Y = 20.
\n" ); document.write( "X = 25.
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