Question

A positive number is 5 times another number, if 21 is added to both numbers, then one of the new numbers becomes twice the other new number, what are the numbers?

Answer 1

x - the first number,

y - the second number

We have:

`\begin{cases}y=5x\\y+21=2(x+21)\end{cases}\\\\\\\begin{cases}y=5x\\y+21=2x+42\end{cases}\\\\\\\begin{cases}y=5x\\5x+21=2x+42\end{cases}\\\\\\\begin{cases}y=5x\\3x=21\quad|:3\end{cases}\\\\\\\begin{cases}y=5x\\\boxed{x=7}\end{cases}\\\\y=5x\\\\y=5\cdot7\\\\\boxed{y=35}`

So answer is 7 and 35.