SOLUTION: The difference between two numbers is 23. One third the larger number plus three times the smaller number is 81. What are the numbers?
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Question 365800: The difference between two numbers is 23. One third the larger number plus three times the smaller number is 81. What are the numbers?
Answer by robertb(5830) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
l - s = 23. This is the same as s = l-23.
. By direct substitution,
,
,
,
,
,
or l = 45, the larger number.
s = 22, the smaller number.
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