SOLUTION: Can you help me with this problem. Thank you in advance... find two numbers whose sum is 36 and such that one is 3 times as large as the other? x= y=

Question 156511: Can you help me with this problem. Thank you in advance...
find two numbers whose sum is 36 and such that one is 3 times as large as the other?
x=
y=

Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
find two numbers whose sum is 36 and such that one is 3 times as large as the other?
x+y = 36
x = 3y
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Substitute to solve for "y":
3y + y = 36
4y = 36
y = 9
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Substitute to solve for "x":
x = 3y= 3*9 = 27
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Cheers,
Stan H.

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