The sum of two numbers is $26$ . One of the numbers is $2$ more than twice the other. Find the numbers.

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$\begin{matrix} let Ist number is x . then another number is 2 x + 2 \end{matrix}$
$\begin{matrix} According to Question x + 2 x + 2 = 26 \Rightarrow 3 x + 2 = 26 \end{matrix}$
$\begin{matrix} \Rightarrow x = & 8 thus numbers are 8, 18 \end{matrix}$

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The sum of two numbers is 26. One of the numbers is 2 more than twice the other. Find the numbers.

let Ist number is x . then another number is 2x+2 According to Question x+2x+2=26⇒3x+2=26⇒x=8 thus numbers are 8,18

The sum of two numbers is $26$ . One of the numbers is $2$ more than twice the other. Find the numbers.

$\begin{matrix} let Ist number is x . then another number is 2 x + 2 \end{matrix}$
$\begin{matrix} According to Question x + 2 x + 2 = 26 \Rightarrow 3 x + 2 = 26 \end{matrix}$
$\begin{matrix} \Rightarrow x = & 8 thus numbers are 8, 18 \end{matrix}$