SOLUTION: Three times one number minus a second is 8, and the sum of the numbers is 12. Find the numbers.

Question 369177: Three times one number minus a second is 8, and the sum of the numbers is 12. Find the numbers.
Answer by lefty4ever26(59) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
3 times one number (3x) minus a second (-y) is 8 (=8). SO 3x-y=8.
sum of numbers (x+y) is 12 (=12). SO x+y=12.

Solve this equation for y to get Then you will plug this new value of y into the first equation and solve for x.

Then plug this value for x back into one of the equations to find y.

So the two numbers are 5 and 7.
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