SOLUTION: 48,000 divided between two people but one recives three times more how much would each person get

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Question 830959: 48,000 divided between two people but one recives three times more how much would each person get
Answer by josmiceli(19441)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = the smaller amount
= the larger amount
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One receives $12,000 the other
receives $36,000
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