SOLUTION: How do you write one number added to three times another number is 24. And, five times the first number added to three times the other number is 36.

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Question 267290: How do you write one number added to three times another number is 24.
And, five times the first number added to three times the other number is 36.
Answer by solver91311(16872) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let represent the first number. Let represent the other number.

Three times another number is then:

"Is" means "equals"

So,



I'll leave the other one for you to do -- the logic is the same.

John