SOLUTION: one number is 4 more than another number. five times the smaller number equals 3 times the larger number, find the numbers?
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Question 576414: one number is 4 more than another number. five times the smaller number equals 3 times the larger number, find the numbers?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
one number is 4 more than another number.
x = y+4
five times the smaller number equals 3 times the larger number, find the numbers?
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5y = 3x
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Substitute for "x" and solve for "y":
5y = 3(y+4)
5y = 3y+12
2y = 12
y = 6
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Solve for "x":
x = y + 4
x = 10
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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