"One number is 5 more than another. Their sum is 53. What are the two numbers?"

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x + x + 5 = 53

2x = 48

x = ?
Is it 24?
Right.

What is the other number?
Um...29?
Yes! :-)
The sum of two numbers is 27. One number is 7 less than the other. Find the numbers.
x+(3x+5) =53
4x=48
x=12
the greatest no is 3x+5
3x12+5 =41ans
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