SOLUTION: The sum of two numbers is 22. If the larger number is 2 more than 3 times the smaller number, what is the smaller number?

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Question 520160: The sum of two numbers is 22.
If the larger number is 2 more than 3 times the smaller number, what is the smaller number?
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The sum of two numbers is 22:



It is arbitrary which is the larger, so let represent the larger, then:



Solve the system for the ordered pair

Hint: Substitute the expression in the RHS of the second equation for in the first equation.

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