SOLUTION: The sum of two numbers is greater than 27. The second number is 3 less than the first. What are the possible values for the first two numbers? In your answer, denote the first n

Question 280892: The sum of two numbers is greater than 27. The second number is 3 less than the first. What are the possible values for the first two numbers?
In your answer, denote the first number by x.
Answer by unlockmath(1688) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Hello,
So x will be one number and the other number we"ll call y. We'll set up two different equations to look like this:
x+y>27
y=x-3
OK, so plug in the second equation into the first to look like this:
x+x-3>27 Add 3 to both sides and combine terms to get:
2x>30 Divide both sides by 2 to get:
x>15
Plug this answer into the second equation and we'll get:
y=>12
Make sense?
RJ
www.math-unlock.com
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