Solve.The sum of two numbers is 15. Three times the larger number equals twice the smaller. What are the numbers?
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
6 and 9
x + y = 15: Multiply by -2: 
Add.
2x = 3y
-5y = -30, y = 6
2x = 18, x = 9
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