SOLUTION: the larger of two numbers is seven times the smaller. if the sum of the two numbers exceeds the difference by 20, find out the numbers

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Question 343514: the larger of two numbers is seven times the smaller. if the sum of the two numbers exceeds the difference by 20, find out the numbers
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Let represent the smaller of the two numbers. Then the larger of the two numbers must be .

The sum exceeds the difference by 20:



Solve for to get the smaller number and the larger one follows directly.

John

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