SOLUTION: Four times a number is 4 more than the opposite of another. The difference of twice the number and the other number is 8. Find the smaller of the two numbers.

SOLUTION: Four times a number is 4 more than the opposite of another. The difference of twice the number and the other number is 8. Find the smaller of the two numbers.

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Question 298810: Four times a number is 4 more than the opposite of another. The difference of twice the number and the other number is 8. Find the smaller of the two numbers.
Answer by user_dude2008(1862) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
4x=-y+4
2x-y=8

4x=-y+4
4x-2y=16
-y+4-2y=16
-3y+4=16
-3y=12
y=-4
x=2
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