Question:
A positive number is 5 times another number. If 21 is added to both the numbers, then one of the new numbers becomes twice the other new number. What are the numbers?
Answer:
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Let the smaller number be and the larger number be .
After adding 21 to both numbers, we have
New smaller number = and new larger number = .
According to problem, we have
Hence, the numbers are 7 and 35.