SOLUTION: One number is nine more than twice another. If their sum is decreased by ten, the result is fourteen. Find the numbers.
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Question 974865: One number is nine more than twice another. If their sum is decreased by ten, the result is fourteen. Find the numbers.
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Larger value Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let the numbers be and
given:
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(2)
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(1)
(2)
Add the equations
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and
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(1)
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smaller: 5
larger: 19
