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NeTakaya
3 years ago
15

Eugene wrote a riddle: A positive number is 5 less than another positive number. Six times the lesser number minus 3 times the g

reater number is 3. Find the two positive numbers.
Mathematics
1 answer:
a_sh-v [17]3 years ago
8 0
N-5=m
6m-3n=3
6(n-5)-3n=3
6n-30-3n=3
3n=33
n=11
m=6
just use substitution to plug in m in terms of n and solve
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