stemgirl2000
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  • 04-02-2021
  • Mathematics
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One number is one more than a second number. Five times the first is 6 less than 4 times the
second. Find the numbers.

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sqdancefan
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  • 05-02-2021

9514 1404 393

Answer:

  the numbers are -10 and -11

Step-by-step explanation:

Let x represent the second number. Then the first number is x+1, and the relation can be written ...

  5(x+1) = 4x -6

  x = -11 . . . . . . . . subtract 4x+5

The first number is -10; the second number -11.

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