SOLUTION: the sum of two numbers is 47. Find the two numbers if one is two more than four times the other. You must set up and algebraically solve a system of two linear equations to answer

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Question 422210: the sum of two numbers is 47. Find the two numbers if one is two more than four times the other. You must set up and algebraically solve a system of two linear equations to answer this problem.
Answer by rfer(16322) About Me  (Show Source):
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why two equations?
x+4x+2=47
5x=45
x=9
4x+2=38