SOLUTION: The sum of two numbers is 19. Four times one of the numbers minus one is equal to the other number. What are the numbers?
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Question 1032860: The sum of two numbers is 19. Four times one of the numbers minus one is equal to the other number. What are the numbers?
Answer by macston(5194) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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F=first number; S=second number
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F=4S-1 . Use this to substitute for F below.
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F+S=19 . Substitute for F from above.
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(4S-1)+S=19
5S=20
S=4 The second number is 4
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F=4S-1
F=4(4)-1
F=16-1=15 The first number is 15.
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ANSWER: The numbers are 4 and 15.
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