Homework Help: algebra

Posted by kattie on Monday, January 3, 2011 at 11:48pm.

the larger of two numbers is twice the smaller . if the sum of the two numbers is 48, find the numbers

algebra - Anonymous, Tuesday, January 4, 2011 at 2:19am
48=2x+x

x=smaller number
2x=larger number

48=3x
16=x

so x=16
2x=32

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