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3 years ago

The sum of two numbers is 27. The larger number is 6 more than twice the smaller number. What are the numbers?

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1 answer:

yawa3891 [41]3 years ago

6 0

Answer:

Let the smaller number be x

Then the sum is

(6 + 2x) + x = 27

We now find for x

2x + x + 6 = 27

3x + 6 = 27

3x = 27-6

3x = 21

x = 21/3

x = 7

Therefore the smaller number is 7

The larger number is (2×7) + 6 = 20

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