3 years ago

The larger of two numbers is five more than twice the smaller number. The sum of the two numbers is 38. Find the numbers.

Mathematics

1 answer:

White raven [17]3 years ago

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Answer:

11 and 16

Step-by-step explanation:

A good way to solve these is to work backwards.

X= larger and Y= smaller

if X is 5 more than 2Y than subtract 5 from the total

38 - 5 = 33

divide by 3

33/3 = 11

11 = Y and double that is 22 so add the five back into X and you get 16

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