SOLUTION: There are two numbers. One number is 5 more than the other.Their sum is 93. What are the 2 numbers

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Question 1017440: There are two numbers. One number is 5 more than the other.Their sum is 93. What are the 2 numbers
Answer by fractalier(6550) About Me  (Show Source):
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Call the numbers x and y. Then we have
x = y + 5 and
x + y = 93
Now substitute the first into the second and get
y + 5 + y = 93
2y + 5 = 93
2y = 88
y = 44
x = 49