SOLUTION: one number is 10 less than three times another. Their sum is 14. What are the two number.

Question 1152429: one number is 10 less than three times another. Their sum is 14. What are the two number.
Answer by MathLover1(20849) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

let one number be and another
if one number is less than another, we have
..........eq.1

if their sum is , we have
.......eq.2
substitute from eq.1 in eq.2
.......eq.2

go to ..........eq.1 substitute

the two numbers are: and

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