SOLUTION: how do you solve : the greater of two numbers is twice the lesser number. three times the sum of the lesser number and 10 is the same as 52 more than the greater number. find the n

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Question 662878: how do you solve : the greater of two numbers is twice the lesser number. three times the sum of the lesser number and 10 is the same as 52 more than the greater number. find the numbers
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Let represent the larger number. Then if represents the smaller number, we can say:




and




Solve the 2X2 system for and . Hint: The substitution method works very well here.

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