SOLUTION: One number is 2 more than 5 times another. Their product is 16. Find the numbers x and y. (Assume x < y.)

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Question 469882: One number is 2 more than 5 times another. Their product is 16. Find the numbers x and y. (Assume x < y.)
Answer by sofiyac(983) About Me  (Show Source):
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first number is x
second one is 5x+2 (which would be your y)
x(5x+2)=16 solve this equation for x, that will give you first number, then plug it into 5x+2 to get second number