Asked by Lissa
The difference between two numbers is 77. Five times the smaller is equal to 7 more than the larger. What are the numbers?
Answers
Answered by
Reiny
smaller ---- x
larger ----- x+77
5x = x+77 + 7
4x = 84
x = 21
smaller is 21 , larger is 98
check:
is their difference equal to 77? yes
5 times the smaller --> 105
7 more than the larger -- 98+7 or 105
all is good!
larger ----- x+77
5x = x+77 + 7
4x = 84
x = 21
smaller is 21 , larger is 98
check:
is their difference equal to 77? yes
5 times the smaller --> 105
7 more than the larger -- 98+7 or 105
all is good!