One number is five more than the other. the sum of the number is 17. find the numbers and show work i’m confused

To solve these type of questions, you need to create 2 equations that represent the two statements given. So for "One number is 5 times more than the other." You'll make

And for "The sum of the numbers is 17" you would make:

What you would do after this is put the value of y, x + 5, into the second equation. This gets the x alone, allowing you to solve for x.

Then you plug back the value into one of the equations like this:

So your numbers would be 6 and 11.

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