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Let the numbers be x and y

If: x+2y = 3 and 2x+y = 27

Then the simultaneous equations work out as: x = 17 and y = -7

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Q: A first number plus twice a second number is 3 Twice the first number plus the second totals 27 Find the numbers?
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