SOLUTION: Four times the larger number was 11 greater than 7 times the smaller number. If the smaller number was 8 less than the larger number, what was the smaller number?

Question 333671: Four times the larger number was 11 greater than 7 times the smaller number. If the smaller number was 8 less than the larger number, what was the smaller number?
Answer by mananth(16949) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let larger number be x
smaller number be y
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4x =7y+11
4x-7y=11...................1
x-y=8......................2
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multiply equation 2 by -4 and add to equation 1
-4x+4y+4x-7y=-32+11
-3y=-21
y=7
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x-y =8
x=8+y
x=15
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