SOLUTION: two thirds of the first of two numbers added to the second number equal 6 one third of the first number decreased by the second number is equal to zero find the numbers
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Question 727307: two thirds of the first of two numbers added to the second number equal 6 one third of the first number decreased by the second number is equal to zero find the numbers Answer by josgarithmetic(39625) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! That reads like three sentences missing the punctuation between them. I'm taking it like this:
"Two thirds of the first of two numbers added to the second number equal 6. One third of the first number decreased by the second number is equal to zero. Find the numbers."
The numbers are x and y.
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Various ways to solve that system. Clearing fractions, you have... AND giving . You could try substituting for x in the first equation and finish solving for y. Then go back and find x.
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