SOLUTION: The first number is two more than the second number. When I add two times the first number to five times the second I get 25

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Question 361444: The first number is two more than the second number. When I add two times the first number to five times the second I get 25
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Let represent the first number. Then must represent the second number. Then we are given:



Solve for .

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