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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?

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let first number be 5x
other number will be x
According to question
(5x+21)=2(x+21)
5x+21=2x+42
3x=21
x=7
5x=5*7=35
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