SOLUTION: One number is 5 more than another number.also 6 times the smaller number is equal to five times the larger number translate into mathematical statement and find the two numbers

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Question 997298: One number is 5 more than another number.also 6 times the smaller number is equal to five times the larger number translate into mathematical statement and find the two numbers
Answer by CubeyThePenguin(3113) About Me  (Show Source):
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numbers: x, y

x = y + 6
6y = 5x

Substitute the first equation into the second equation.

6y = 5(y + 6)
6y = 5y + 30
y = 30

The integers are x = 36 and y = 30.