SOLUTION: The sum of two numbers is 85. Twice one number plus four times the other is 218. Find the numbers. Let x represent the first number.... I have tried many times and i don't kn

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Question 521098: The sum of two numbers is 85. Twice one number plus four times the other is 218. Find the numbers.
Let x represent the first number....
I have tried many times and i don't know where to go from here.
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Let represent the first number. Let represent the second number. Twice one number is . Four times the other is . Now write two equations:





Solve the system for

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