SOLUTION: The sum of two numbers is 72. One number is 3 morebthan the two times of the other number. Find the numbers.
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You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let x and y be the two numbers.
As their sum is 72, we have:
x + y = 72 .........(1)
Also as One number is 3 more than the two times of the other number, we have:
x = 2y +3 .........(2)
Solving simultaneous equations (1) and (2), we obtain:
x = 49
y = 23
So the two numbers are 23 and 49.
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