SOLUTION: one number is 5 more than 4 times another. their sum is 35. find the numbers. need help with this one.

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Question 353814: one number is 5 more than 4 times another. their sum is 35. find the numbers. need help with this one.
Answer by mananth(16946) About Me  (Show Source):
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let one number be x
the other number be y
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x=y+5
x+y =35
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plug value of x
y+5+y = 35
2y=30
y=15 one number
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other number = 20
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