SOLUTION: 1. One number is four less than three times another. their sum is -16.

Question 1159180: 1. One number is four less than three times another. their sum is -16.

Answer by ikleyn(52779) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Let  "another number"  be  x.


Then  "one number"  is  3x-4.


The equation is


    x + (3x-4) = -16.


Solve it.

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