SOLUTION: the sum of two numbers is 32. one of the numbers is 4 less than 5 times the other. find the two numbers

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Question 568454: the sum of two numbers is 32. one of the numbers is 4 less than 5 times the other. find the two numbers
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Let represent one of the numbers.

Let represent the other.

You are given that:



and



Solve the 2X2 system by substitution.

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