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The difference of two numbers is 91. The second is 5 less than 5 times the first. What are the two numbers? This question is from textbook Beginning A;gebra

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he difference of two numbers is 91. The second is 5 less than 5 times the first. What are the two numbers?
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Two numbers: x and (x+91)
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"The second is 5 less than 5 times the first."
(x+91) = 5x - 5
x - 5x = -5 - 91
-4x = -96
x = -96/-4
x = 24 1st number, and 24 + 91 = 115, 2nd number