SOLUTION: one number is 2 times another number. the sum of these numbers is 234. what are the two numbers?

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Question 647131: one number is 2 times another number. the sum of these numbers is 234. what are the two numbers?
Answer by aaronwiz(69) About Me  (Show Source):
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Hi, my name is Aaron I am in 10th grade and im in honors trig/pre-calc.
lets say number DISABLED_event_one= a
number 2=b
a=2b
a+b=234
now solve by subsistution
2b+b=234
3b=234
b=78
plug back in to original equation
a=2(78)
a=156