SOLUTION: The sum of two numbers is forty-one.One less then five time the smaller is equal to the larger. find the two numbers. rewrite the sentence as an equation-use x to represent the sma

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Question 614902: The sum of two numbers is forty-one.One less then five time the smaller is equal to the larger. find the two numbers. rewrite the sentence as an equation-use x to represent the smaller number.
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The sum of two numbers is forty-one.One less then five time the smaller is equal to the larger. find the two numbers. rewrite the sentence as an equation-use x to represent the smaller number.
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let x=smaller number
41-x =other larger number
5x-1=41
6x=42
x=7
41-7=34
ans:
smaller number=7
other larger number=34