SOLUTION: One number is 3 less than another. If 10 times the smaller number minus 4 times the larger number is 24, find the two numbers.

Question 78314: One number is 3 less than another. If 10 times the smaller number minus 4 times the larger number is 24, find the two numbers.
Found 2 solutions by mathman409, checkley75:
Answer by mathman409(67) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
6 and 9 are your answers. If you want to write an algebraic equation, you can, but for small numbers like these it is faster to use guess and check.
Answer by checkley75(3666) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
LET X=THE SMALLER NUMBER & X+3 THE LARGER NUMBER THEN:
10X-4(X+3)=24
10X-4X-12=24
6X=24+12
6X=36
X=36/6
X=6 ANSWER FOR THE SMALLER NUMBER THEN:
6+3=9 FOR THE LARGER NUMBER.
PROOF
10*6-4(9)=24
60-36=24
24=24

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