SOLUTION: Two numbers differ by two. Four times the smaller number is two more than twice the bigger number. What is the smaller number

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Question 923803: Two numbers differ by two. Four times the smaller number is two more than twice the bigger number. What is the smaller number
Answer by Cromlix(4381) About Me  (Show Source):
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Two numbers differ by two
x and x+2
Four times the smaller number is two more than twice the bigger number.
4(x) = 2(x+2) + 2
Multiply out
4x = 2x + 4 + 2
Collect like terms
4x - 2x = 4 + 2
2x = 6
x = 3
Smaller number = 3
Larger number = 5
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