SOLUTION: One number is 12 more than another. The sum of the smaller number and twice the larger number is 39. Find the larger number.
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Question 39393: One number is 12 more than another. The sum of the smaller number and twice the larger number is 39. Find the larger number. Answer by fractalier(6550) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let the two numbers be x and x + 12.
Then, from the facts in the problem, we have
x + 2(x + 12) = 39
x + 2x + 24 = 39
3x + 24 = 39
3x = 15
x = 5
x + 12 = 17, the larger number.
