SOLUTION: The sum of two numbers is 84. One number is three times the other. Find the numbers.

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Question 268051: The sum of two numbers is 84. One number is three times the other. Find the numbers.
Answer by unlockmath(1688)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Hello,
We could set up two equations like this:
x+y=84
3x=y
Now subtract y from both sides in the second equation.
3x-y=0 Then add this equation to the other.
x+y=84
We get:
4x=84 Divide each side by 4 to get:
x=21 We now can find what y is equal to:
y=63
There we go.
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