SOLUTION: One number is five more than another and their sum is three less than three times the smaller. Find the numbers.

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Question 363505: One number is five more than another and their sum is three less than three times the smaller. Find the numbers.
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) About Me  (Show Source):
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Hi, 

Let x represent the smaller number, (x+5) the other

Write as we Read***

x + (x+5) = 3x -3

solving for x

8 = x

smaller number is 8 and 13 is the other

checking our answer

21 = 24 -3 = 21