SOLUTION: find the number if one is five more than another and their sum is seventy-one.

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Question 795485: find the number if one is five more than another and their sum is seventy-one.

Answer by Cromlix(4381) About Me  (Show Source):
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Two numbers x, x + 5.
x + x + 5 = 71
2x = 71 - 5
2x = 66
x = 33
Two numbers 33, 38.
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