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The sume of of two numbers is 66. The larger number is two more than three times the smaller number. What are the two numbers?
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The sume of of two numbers is 66. The larger number is two more than three times the smaller number. What are the two numbers?

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x+y=66. Let's assume y is the larger number. Y=3x+2. Plug in Y. x+3X+2=66 4X=64. Therefore, x=16. We plug in X, Y=16(3) +2=50
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