SOLUTION: find two numbers whose sum is 54, given that one is more than twice the others

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Question 1008661: find two numbers whose sum is 54, given that one is more than twice the others
Answer by fractalier(6550) About Me  (Show Source):
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Call them x and y. Then we have
x + y = 54 and
x = 2y
Substituting we get
2y + y = 54
3y = 54
y = 18
and then
x = 36