SOLUTION: one number is twenty eight more than three times another number. if each number were multiplied by four, their difference would be 232. what are the numbers?

SOLUTION: one number is twenty eight more than three times another number. if each number were multiplied by four, their difference would be 232. what are the numbers?

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Question 860007: one number is twenty eight more than three times another number. if each number were multiplied by four, their difference would be 232. what are the numbers?
Answer by CubeyThePenguin(3113) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x = 3y + 28
4x - 4y = 232 ---> x - y = 58

Substitute the first equation into the second equation.

3y + 28 - y = 58
2y = 30
y = 15

The numbers are x = 73 and y = 15.
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