document.write( "Question 74819: The difference of two numbers is 91. The second is 5 less than 5 times the first. What are the two numbers?\r
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Algebra.Com's Answer #53754 by ptaylor(2198) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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Let x=first number
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "(5x-5)-x=91 get rid of parens\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "5x-5-x=91 add 5 to both sides\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "5x-5+5-x=91+5 collect like terms\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "5x-5=5(24)-5=120-5=115---------------------------second number\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "115-24=91
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