document.write( "Question 363505: One number is five more than another and their sum is three less than three times the smaller. Find the numbers. \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #259196 by ewatrrr(24785) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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document.write( "Let x represent the smaller number, (x+5) the other
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document.write( "x + (x+5) = 3x -3
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document.write( "solving for x
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document.write( "8 = x
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document.write( "smaller number is 8 and 13 is the other
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document.write( "21 = 24 -3 = 21 \n" );
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