SOLUTION: One number is three times a second number, and twice the sum of the numbers is 168. Find the Numbers.
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Question 373571: One number is three times a second number, and twice the sum of the numbers is 168. Find the Numbers.
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
second number = x
first number = 3x
2(3x+x)= 168
/2
4x=84
/4
x=21
other number = 3x = 3*21= 63
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21, 63
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