Problema Solution
The sum of two numbers is 30. The first number is twice the second number. What are the numbers?
x+y=30
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(I'm just using x and y because I'm used to those letters):
x + y = 30
Then we find out that one of the numbers is twice the other - x = 2y - we can then sub that into our first equation:
x + y = 30
2y + y = 30.........collect like terms
3y = 30...............divide by 3
y = 10
Now we know one of the numbers is 10, we can then use that and sub it into our second equation (x=2y):
x = 2y
x = 2(10)
x = 20
Therefore the two numbers are 10 and 20