SOLUTION: One number is four more than another number. If five times the smaller number is equal to three times the larger number, find the numbers.

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Question 996257: One number is four more than another number. If five times the smaller number is equal to three times the larger number, find the numbers.
Answer by fractalier(6550) About Me  (Show Source):
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Call the smaller one x.
The larger will then be x + 4.
Then
5x = 3(x+4)
5x = 3x + 12
2x = 12
x = 6
x + 4 = 10