SOLUTION: One number is greater than another by 15. If five times the larger number minus twice the smaller number is 3, what are the numbers?

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Question 1012532: One number is greater than another by 15. If five times the larger number minus twice the smaller number is 3, what are the numbers?
Answer by fractalier(6550) About Me  (Show Source):
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Call the smaller number, x.
The larger is then x+15.
Then we have
5(x+15) - 2x = 3
Now solve this...
5x + 75 - 2x = 3
3x + 75 = 3
3x = -72
x = -24
x+15 = -9
The numbers are -24 and -9.