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  • 11-03-2016
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The larger of two numbers is five more than six times the smaller number. The sum of the numbers is fifty-four

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  • 11-03-2016
The two numbers are 9 and 45. It's mostly just educated guessing- you start with a random number like 10 and multiply that by 5 which is fifty. 10+50= 60 which is too big. Because it's too big, but still close to the number you want you go down one number. Nine. Nine times five is 45. 45 + 9= 54
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