SOLUTION: One number is 6 more than another. The sum of the numbers is 30. Find the numbers. A coat cost 3 times as much as a pair of pants. Together they cost $180. How much does eac

Question 241740: One number is 6 more than another. The sum of the numbers is 30. Find the numbers.
A coat cost 3 times as much as a pair of pants. Together they cost $180. How much does each cost.

Answer by College Student(505) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If one number is six more than the other number and their sum is 30,we can say:

Now solve for x to find the value of one number.

...this is one number
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The other number is:

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Let pants = x
Let coats = 3x
Their sum = 180
So we can say their equation is:

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Done! :)
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