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One number is 7 more than twice another tumber. The sum of the numbers is 22. What is

one of the numbers?

User Novon
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Answer:

5

Explanation:

for the question, let's make a variable

Assume one number is X and we can get a equation like this:

X + 2X+7 = 22

X + 2X = 22 - 7

3X = 15

X = 5

User Ahsan Kamal
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