SOLUTION: The difference between the two numbers is equal to the double of the smaller number. If the quotient dividing one by the other is 3, find the numbers.

Question 564750: The difference between the two numbers is equal to the double of the smaller number. If the quotient dividing one by the other is 3, find the numbers.
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Two numbers, a & B
:
"The difference between the two numbers is equal to the double of the smaller number."
a - b = 2b
a = 2b + b
a = 3b
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"If the quotient dividing one by the other is 3,"
= 3
:
find the numbers.
Replace a with 3b
= 3
:
All we can say about this a = 3 times b, Any numbers with this relationship will work
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