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The sum of two numbers is 86. The second is 1 more than 4 times the first. What are the two numbers?
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\n" ); document.write( "Let one of the numbers be \"x\".
\n" ); document.write( "The other is \"4x+1\".
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\n" ); document.write( "x+4x+1=86
\n" ); document.write( "5x=85
\n" ); document.write( "x=17 (the 1st number)
\n" ); document.write( "4x+1=69 (the 2nd number)
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