SOLUTION: The difference between two numbers is 14. Three times the larger number is 45 less than four times the smaller number. What are the 2 numbers?

SOLUTION: The difference between two numbers is 14. Three times the larger number is 45 less than four times the smaller number. What are the 2 numbers?

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Question 945309: The difference between two numbers is 14. Three times the larger number is 45 less than four times the smaller number. What are the 2 numbers?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
1.
2.
From eq. 1,

Substitute into eq. 2,

Then,

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