SOLUTION: One number is 20 more than another. If the greater number is increased by 4, the result is five times the smaller number. Find the two numbers

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Question 1091967: One number is 20 more than another. If the greater number is increased by 4, the result is five times the smaller number. Find the two numbers
Found 2 solutions by Fombitz, greenestamps:
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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1.A=20%2BB
and
2.A%2B4=5B
So then from 1,
5A=100%2B5B
Substituting,
5A=100%2BA%2B4
4A=104
Solve for A, then use either equation to solve for B.

Answer by greenestamps(13200) About Me  (Show Source):
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"One number is 20 more than another."

So call the two numbers x and x+20.

"If the greater number is increased by 4..."

So now the larger number is x+24.

"... the result is five times the smaller number."

So
x%2B24+=+5x
24+=+4x
x+=+6

The two numbers are x=6 and x+20 = 26.