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Elimination Method of Finding Solution of a Pair of Linear Equations

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The denominator of a fraction is $5$ more than its numerator. If the numerator is decreased by $1$ and the denominator is increased by $2$ , the resulting fraction is $\frac{1}{5}$ . Find the original fraction.

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