SOLUTION: Question ; One number is 7 more than another. Twice the smaller added to the larger is -20. Find the smaller number.

 

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One number is 7 more than the smaller. larger 

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 Twice the smaller added to the larger is -20. 

  2x + (x+7) = -20

    3x + 7 = -20

     3x = -27

      x = -9, the smaller number.  The Larger number is  -2.