SOLUTION: The sum of two numbers is 94. The second is 6 more than 3 times the first. What are the two numbers?

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Question 106699: The sum of two numbers is 94. The second is 6 more than 3 times the first. What are the two numbers?
Answer by MathLover1(20850)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

The sum of two numbers is .
let numbers be and , then:

if the second is more than times the first, we have:

then, we can substitute this in equatation above:


......add to both sides

..divide both sides by
........ first number




check:


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