SOLUTION: one number is 3 less than 6 times another. if the sum of the numbers is 10, find the numbers

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Question 276264: one number is 3 less than 6 times another. if the sum of the numbers is 10, find the numbers
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Let represent the "another" number. Then the "one" number must be . The sum is 10, so:








is one of the numbers, and:



is the other one.

Check:



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