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Question 202460: I need to know how to set up this word problem......
The sum of two integers is thirty. Eight times the smaller integer is six more than five times the larger integer. Find the integers.

Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let represent the smaller integer.

Let represent the larger integer.





Solve the system for and . Hint: Solve the first equation for either of the variables in terms of the other, then use substitution.

John