SOLUTION: One number is five more than three times a second mumber. If their product is 68. What are the numbers?

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Question 588341: One number is five more than three times a second mumber. If their product is 68. What are the numbers?
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One number is five more than three times a second mumber. If their product is 68. What are the numbers?
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Factor 68
68 = 4*17
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If you make a quadratic and solve it, you're faced with factoring it anyway.