document.write( "Question 660901: One number is six more than five times another. If their sum is decreased by two, the result is twenty two. Find the numbers. \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #411419 by ReadingBoosters(3246)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! x = one number \n" ); document.write( "y = another number \n" ); document.write( "x = 5y + 6 \n" ); document.write( "(x+y)-2=22 \n" ); document.write( "Substitute x in the second equation \n" ); document.write( "(5y+6)+y-2=22 \n" ); document.write( "6y+4=22 \n" ); document.write( "6y=18 \n" ); document.write( "y=3 \n" ); document.write( "x=5(3)+6=21 \n" ); document.write( " |