SOLUTION: Solve the problem. The difference between two numbers is 4. Two times the smaller number minus four times the larger is -28. What are the numbers?

Question 338220: Solve the problem. The difference between two numbers is 4. Two times the smaller number minus four times the larger is -28. What are the numbers?
Answer by katealdridge(100) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
This is a systems of equations problem.
Let x=the larger smaller and y=the smaller number.
and Solve the first equation for x, so that you get x=y+4. This can now be substituted for x in the second equation.
Solve for y and this will give you the smaller number.
distributing the -4
combining like terms
add 16 to both sides
dividing both sides by -2
the smaller number is six, making the larger number 10. You can check this by substituting 10 and 6 in the second equation to see if you get -28.
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