Use the five-step strategy for solving word problems to find the number or numbers described in the following exercise.
-One number exceeds another by -5. The sum of the numbers is -1. What are the numbers?
A)3 and 3
B)-4 and 3
C)-3 and 2
D)No solution

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The correct numbers are -3 and 2. If we let one number be x and the other be x + (-5), their sum equals -1. Solving the system x + (x - 5) = -1 gives x = 2, so the other number is 2 - 5 = -3.

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