SOLUTION: Ok, here it is: Select a variable to represent one quantity and state what the variable represents. Then express the other quantities in terms of the variable selected. Translate
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Question 417485: Ok, here it is: Select a variable to represent one quantity and state what the variable represents. Then express the other quantities in terms of the variable selected. Translate the problem into an equation and then solve.
* The sum of two numbers is 135. Find the two numbers if the larger one is 9 less than twice the smaller?
I got to this point: smaller = x
larger = 2x-9
Now I need help with the rest.
