The sum of two numbers is 24. One number is 2 times as large as the other. What are the numbers?
Let x be the smaller number and 2x be the larger number.
Therefore, the equation to represent the sum of the two numbers is:
x + 2x = 24
3x = 24
x = 8
So, the smaller number is 8 and the larger number is 2*8 = 16.