SOLUTION: The difference of two integers is 9. Five times the smaller is 7 more than three times the larger. Find the numbers.
17 & 26. How?!
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17 & 26. How?!
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Question 266115: The difference of two integers is 9. Five times the smaller is 7 more than three times the larger. Find the numbers.
17 & 26. How?! Answer by drk(1908) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let x and y be the integers. We get
(i)
(ii)
step 1 - rewrite (ii) in standard form as
(iii)
step 2 - multiply (i) by 5 to get
(Iv)
add (iii) and (iv) to get
(v)
divide to get
x = 26
and then
y = 17
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